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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
7.5 inches. Thin dark bill, yellow legs, black patch on rump extending onto tail, thin, white wing stripe. Sexes similar. | 7.5 inches. Thin dark bill, yellow legs, black patch on rump extending onto tail, thin, white wing stripe. Sexes similar. | ||
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- Calidris melanotos
Identification
7.5 inches. Thin dark bill, yellow legs, black patch on rump extending onto tail, thin, white wing stripe. Sexes similar.
Distribution
North-east Siberia and northern North America
Taxonomy
Habitat
Freshwater habitats, coastal areas with damp grassland, marshland and the margins of ponds and lakes.
Behaviour
These birds forage on grasslands and mudflats, diet includes insects and other invertebrates.
