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The western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) is a small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific mauri commemorates Italian botanist Ernesto Mauri (1791–1836).
Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews and snipes.Most of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
Rock sandpiper: Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) 91 Baird's sandpiper: Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) 92 Little stint: Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) 93 Least sandpiper: Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) 94 White-rumped sandpiper: Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) 95 Pectoral sandpiper: Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819) 96 Western ...
The white wing band is distinctive in flight, both above and below. The willet is an inelegant and heavily built shorebird with a structure similar to that of the common redshank but being larger in size than the greater yellowlegs while resembling a godwit in flight with black primary coverts and primaries contrasting with a broad white band, white secondaries with a white rump and gray tail ...
Calidris is a genus of Arctic-breeding, strongly migratory wading birds in the family Scolopacidae.These birds form huge mixed flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter. Migratory shorebirds are shown to have decline in reproductive traits because of temporal changes of their breeding seaso
Calidris tenuirostris, commonly known as the great knot, is the largest species of the genus Calidris (sandpiper), in the family Scolopacidae. Its sister species, the red knot , is the next largest. Adult great knots can measure 26 to 30 cm (10 to 12 in), with a wingspan of 56 to 66 cm (22 to 26 in), and weighing 115 to 261 g (4.1 to 9.2 oz).
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A male long-billed curlew in flight. The long-billed curlew is the largest sandpiper of regular occurrence in North America. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long, 62–90 cm (24 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 35 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across the wing and weighs 490–950 g (1 lb 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz – 2 lb 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz). [3]