Pectoral Sandpiper
(Calidris melanotos)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
The back is mottled. The back and crown are sometimes rusty brown. The breast is dark and densely streaked and sharply borders the white belly. The legs are greenish-yellow. The bill is black, moderately long, and slightly curved downward at the tip. |
Size |
8½″ in length 18″ wingspan |
Voice |
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The male’s song during a low display flight is an impressive, long series of quick, foghorn-like hoots lasting 10 to 15 seconds. However, birders will not hear this song south of the Alaskan tundra. |
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Habitat |
Marshes, shores of ponds and lakes, wet meadows, mudflats, flooded fields, golf courses |
Ecology |
Migration |
Late March to mid-June and early July to early November |
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Distribution |
Occurrence |
Common migrant |
Maps |
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Class |
Aves (birds) |
Order |
Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) |
Family |
Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) |
Genus |
Calidris (stints) |
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Pectoral Sandpiper - Boundary Bay |
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Pectoral Sandpiper (Drift Reservoir) |
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Uploaded on Sep 4, 2011 Pectoral Sandpipers are annual vagrants to Cornwall, normally during the autumn months, September being the optimum period. Over the years Drift Reservoir in West Cornwall boasts the Lions share of records, This juvenile is the first record so far this autumn. |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
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Published on Aug 24, 2014 Adult Pectoral Sandpiper |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
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Published on Apr 1, 2016 Taken March 31, 2016 in Portland CT. |
Pectoral Sandpiper - Humboldt Co CA 08/19/16 |
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Published on Sep 2, 2016 Centerville wetlands, Ferndale, CA |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
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Published on Sep 1, 2016 Pectoral Sandpiper at Boundary Bay, Delta, BC, Canada. |
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