- Calidris minutilla
Identification
Yellow legs, short thin dark bill, brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. Light line above the eye and a dark crown.
Distribution
United States and northern South America.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Tundra or in bogs.
Behaviour
The female lays 4 eggs in a shallow scrape on the ground lined with grass and most. Both parents incubate.
These birds forage on mudflats; their diet includes small crustaceans, insects and snails.
