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The least sandpiper is the smallest species of sandpiper The sandpipers exhibit considerable range in size and appearance, the wide range of body forms reflecting a wide range of ecological niches.
Terek sandpiper: Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) 53 Common sandpiper: Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758) 54 Spotted sandpiper: Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) 55 Green sandpiper: Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758: 56 Solitary sandpiper: Tringa solitaria Wilson, A, 1813: 57 Grey-tailed tattler: Tringa brevipes (Vieillot, 1816) 58 ...
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species , the spotted sandpiper ( A. macularia ), make up the genus Actitis . They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize .
The Sandpiper is one of the very few major studio pictures ever filmed in Big Sur, and the story is specifically set there. The film includes many location shots of Big Sur landmarks, including Pfeiffer Beach , Point Lobos State Reserve , Bixby Creek Bridge , the Coast Gallery (where Laura exhibits her artwork), and the restaurant Nepenthe .
The purple sandpiper was formally described in 1764 by the Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich and given the binomial name Tringa maratina. [2] This species was formerly placed in the genus Erolia, [3] [4] but is now placed with 23 other sandpipers in the genus Calidris that was introduced in 1804 by the German naturalist Blasius Merrem.
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).
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Sharp-tailed sandpiper Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Calidris Species: C. acuminata Binomial name Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821) The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) is a small-medium migratory wader or shorebird, found ...