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Photo by youngbirder18
Titchwell Marsh, RSPB, UK, August 2005

Calidris ferruginea

[edit] Identification

19.5–21 cm
Black de-curved bill
Breeding adult

• Dark grey patterned above
• Brick red below

Non breeding adult

• Pale grey upperparts
• White underparts
• White supercilium

Breeding Plumage
Photo by swarovskiuser
Lesvos, April 2009

Juvenile

• Grey and brown back
• White belly
• Peachy breast

[edit] Similar Species

Winter adult can resemble Dunlin

[edit] Distribution

Arctic Siberia, wintering in Africa, south and southeast Asia and Australasia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Tundra, marshes, muddy estuaries, salt pans

[edit] Behaviour

Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China, April 2009

[edit] Diet

The diet includes snails, worms and flies.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is a ground scrape and 3-4 eggs are laid.

[edit] Vocalisation

Flight Call: chirrip (lower pitched than Temminck's Stint)

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Wikipedia
3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6

[edit] Vocalisation

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