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12-14 cm Brown upperparts and white underparts. Face, neck, and breast are rust-brown with black spots. Back has white lines that form a distinctive V pattern in flight. Legs are black. Sexes are similar. | 12-14 cm Brown upperparts and white underparts. Face, neck, and breast are rust-brown with black spots. Back has white lines that form a distinctive V pattern in flight. Legs are black. Sexes are similar. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Revision as of 12:56, 11 October 2007
- Calidris minuta
Identification
12-14 cm Brown upperparts and white underparts. Face, neck, and breast are rust-brown with black spots. Back has white lines that form a distinctive V pattern in flight. Legs are black. Sexes are similar.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Coastal and island tundra, sandy beaches, mudflats, and estuaries.
Behaviour
It nests on a bare ground scrape laying 3-5 eggs. Male and female may incubate separate clutches.
Diet includes small invertebrates picked off the mud.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Calidris minuta (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
