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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 20-23cm. Long, greenish legs. Long neck. Long bill, drooped at the tip. White rump. Grey tail. Wings plain. Breeding plumage heavily barred on the underside, with dark blotches on the back, and chestnut cheek patch. Nonbreeding plumage all grey on back with lighter belly. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Alaska]], [[Manitoba]], [[Ontario]]. Spends winters in [[South America]] and [[Florida]] and southern [[California]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Sedge meadows. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | It nests on the ground, 3-4 eggs are laid. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects and other invertebrates. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Calidris+himantopus}} | {{GSearch|Calidris+himantopus}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1242&Bird_Image_ID=3328&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1242&Bird_Image_ID=3328&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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Revision as of 16:27, 18 June 2008
- Calidris himantopus
Identification
20-23cm. Long, greenish legs. Long neck. Long bill, drooped at the tip. White rump. Grey tail. Wings plain. Breeding plumage heavily barred on the underside, with dark blotches on the back, and chestnut cheek patch. Nonbreeding plumage all grey on back with lighter belly.
Distribution
Alaska, Manitoba, Ontario. Spends winters in South America and Florida and southern California.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Sedge meadows.
Behaviour
It nests on the ground, 3-4 eggs are laid.
The diet includes insects and other invertebrates.
