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Revision as of 22:09, 16 July 2015
- Calidris minutilla
Identification
The only peep with yellow legs. It has short thin dark bill, brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. Light line above the eye and a dark crown.
Similar Species
Semipalmated Sandpiper is plump compact looking, more white to throat, has slightly heavier black legs, and semipalmations between toes.
Western Sandpiper is lanky looking, has black legs, and semipalmations between toes. In Breeding plumage is heavily spotted on belly and is grayish withrufous on crown, auriculars, and scapulars.
Distribution
United States and northern South America: breeds northern North America; winters to southern South America and Hawaiian Islands.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Tundra or in bogs. In migration found at mud flats, beachs, sod farms, etc.
Behaviour
Often in crouched position with knees very bent, feet planted forward (so far many times that they can appear to be feeding between their toes) and with belly much closer to ground than other peeps2. Usually found on shore instead of wading.
Breeding
The 4 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground, lined with grass and most. Both parents incubate.
Diet
These birds forage on mudflats; their diet includes small crustaceans, insects and snails.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Cox, Cameron. North American Peeps: A Different Look at an Old Problem (http://surfbirds.com/Features/coxpeeps1006/coxpeeps1006.html).
- The Website of Everything
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Least Sandpiper. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Least_Sandpiper
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