From Opus

Calidris ruficollis

Juvenile. Photo by alibenn
Location: Beidaihe, China

Nonbreeding Adult. Photo by Peter Ericsson.

[edit] Identification

Mottled brown upperparts and streaked cap. Underparts are white; upper breast is rust-brown and spotted. Face and throat are unstreaked rust-brown. Bill and legs are black. Sexes are similar.

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in arctic northeast Siberia. It migrates through Siberia, Mongolia, China, Japan, and southeast Asia to Australia.

Vagrant to United States, mostly the north east, the west coast, and Alaska.

[edit] Taxonomy

This species is monotypic.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Tundra, saline sand bars and tidal mudflats along coasts.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests on the ground.

The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019

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[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID
• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages