Tag: Sandpipers and allies

Bairds Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris bairdii | [UK] Bairds Sandpiper | [FR] Becasseau de Baird | [DE] Baird-Strandlaufer | [ES] Correlimos de Baird | [NL] Bairds Strandloper Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Baird’s Sandpipers are brown shorebirds with black legs and very long wings. Their medium-length bills are fine-tipped and straight. Adults […]

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris minutilla | [UK] Least Sandpiper | [FR] Becasseau minuscule | [DE] Wiesen-Strandlaufer | [ES] Correlimos Menudillo | [NL] Kleinste Strandloper Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics The delicate Least Sandpiper is the world’s smallest shorebird. In breeding plumage, it is mostly brown, including the breast. It does not […]

Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris ptilocnemis | [UK] Rock Sandpiper | [FR] Becasseau aleoute | [DE] Bering-Strandlaufer | [ES] Correlimos Roquero | [NL] Beringstrandloper Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Calidris ptilocnemis EU, NA w NA coast Calidris ptilocnemis couesi Aleutian Is., Alaskan Pen. Calidris ptilocnemis […]

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | [UK] Willet | [FR] Chevalier semipalme | [DE] Schlammtreter | [ES] Playero Aliblanco | [NL] Willet Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Xenus semipalmata Tringa semipalmata NA e, c, se sw NA, LA Tringa semipalmata inornata sc Canada, nc […]

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Tringa flavipes | [UK] Lesser Yellowlegs | [FR] Petit Chevalier | [DE] Kleiner Gelbschenkel | [ES] Archibebe patigualdo chico | [NL] Kleine Geelpootruiter Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics A mottled gray shorebird with bright yellow legs, the Lesser Yellowlegs is similar in appearance to the Greater Yellowlegs, with […]

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Arenaria interpres | [UK] Ruddy Turnstone | [FR] Tournepierre a collier | [DE] Steinwalzer | [ES] Vuelvepiedras Comun | [NL] Steenloper Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Arenaria interpres NA, EU n Worldwide Arenaria interpres interpres ne Canada, Greenland, n Europe to […]

Wilsons Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Phalaropus tricolor | [UK] Wilsons Phalarope | [FR] Phalarope de Wilson | [DE] Wilson-Wassertreter | [ES] Falaropo Tricolor | [NL] Grote Franjepoot Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Wilson’s Phalarope is a slender, small-to-medium sized shorebird with long legs and a long, needlelike bill. Females are more brightly colored […]

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Tryngites subruficollis | [UK] Buff-breasted Sandpiper | [FR] Becasseau roussatre | [DE] Graslaufer | [ES] Correlimos Canelo | [NL] Blonde Ruiter Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Philomachus subruficollis Tryngites subruficollis NA n, also ne EU se SA Physical charateristics This upland […]