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The white-rumped sandpiper is a relatively small bird measuring only 7.8 in (20 cm). [2] The top of its body is a dull grey-brown color and it has a white eye stripe. Its beak is of medium length, thin and dark, and its legs are very dark.
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 ...
Purple sandpiper: Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) 90 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 ...
Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
Stilt sandpiper Calidris himantopus (A) Sanderling Calidris alba; Baird's sandpiper Calidris bairdii (A) Least sandpiper Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis; Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos (A) Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla (A) Western sandpiper ...
The largest male white shark ever caught, tagged and released is approaching Florida's east coast, near Jacksonville. Contender, a 13.8-foot, 1,653 pound adult shark, was tagged on Jan. 17 in the ...
It is a small sandpiper, 15–18 cm (5.9-7.1 in) long and weighing around 18-51.5 g (0.6-1.8 oz). [3] Wingspan ranges from 13.8 to 14.6 in (35-37 cm). [4] Adults have black legs and a short, stout, straight dark bill. The body is dark grey-brown on top and white underneath. The head and neck are tinged light grey-brown.
Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (A) Little stint, Calidris minuta (A) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos; Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla; Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri