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Line 24: Line 24: [[Image:1537Broad-billed sandpiper.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Kalloni saltpans, [[Lesvos]], August 2003]] [[Image:1537Broad-billed sandpiper.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}}<br />Kalloni saltpans, [[Lesvos]], August 2003]] ==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy== - ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== + ====Subspecies==== - There are 2 subspecies : + There are 2 subspecies <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: *''L f falcinellus'': *''L f falcinellus'': :*[[Scandinavia]] and north-western [[Russia]]; winters to southern [[Africa]] and [[India]] :*[[Scandinavia]] and north-western [[Russia]]; winters to southern [[Africa]] and [[India]] Line 43: Line 43: ''[[Media:Limicola falcinellus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' ''[[Media:Limicola falcinellus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' ==References== ==References== - #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09 }}#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9 + #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11 }}#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9 #Wikipedia #Wikipedia #BF Member observations #BF Member observations
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Limicola falcinellus
Identification
Length 17 cmsupercilium .
Breeding
Dark grey upperparts with creamy streaks
White underparts
Streaked breast markings continue to flanks Breeding plumage
Photo by
dfd Oulu,
Finland , June 2008
Non-breeding
Pale grey above
White scaling on scapulars and wings
White below
Head patter less marked Juvenile - similar to breeding adult white belly but lacks the streaked flanks
Similar Species
Can be confused with Dunlin .
Distribution
Breeding : Patchy; Scandinavia to eastern Siberia . During breeding season found in very wet quagmires in Norway , Sweden , Finland and parts of Kola peninsula, Russia (L.f.falcinellus).
Overwinters : South-eastern Asia , Australasia (L. f. sibrica ); India , Sri Lanka , Arabian Peninsula and Africa (L. f. falcinellus ).
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]
Habitat
Mainly coastal. Also salt pools, gravel pits, brackish mudflats, lagoons, riversides, lakes and marshes on migration.
During breeding season found in very wet quagmires.
Behaviour
Breeding
The nest is a ground scrape. The clutch usually contains 4 eggs.
Diet
The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.
Vocalisation
Listen in an external program References
Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019 . Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9
Wikipedia
BF Member observations
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