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Calidris temminckii
Family:
Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes
Length:
13cm to 15cm
Wingspan:
34cm to 37cm
Weight:
24g
Other birds in the Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes family
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Woodcock
Wood Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Turnstone
Spotted Redshank
Snipe
Sanderling
Ruff
Redshank
Red-Necked Phalarope
Purple Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Little Stint
Knot
Jack Snipe
Grey Phalarope
Greenshank
Green Sandpiper
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Identified as being from a group of birds known as Waders, within North America they are generally referred to as Shorebirds. This monotypic species, a long distance migrant, is considered to have an Amber Conservation Status otherwise known as Near Threatened.
Curlew
Common Sandpiper
Belonging to a group of birds generally called waders or shorebirds, the common sandpiper prefers freshwater habitats as opposed to saltwater locations.
Black-Tailed Godwit
An impressive, proud looking wader with particularly fine summer plumage which migrates south from its northern breeding grounds from July to October, returning for the summer from late February through April.
Bar-tailed Godwit
A large wading bird, notorious for the boldness of breeding individuals.
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