Breeding Flight Display in the Female White-rumped Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) Science Article 1

abstract

Independent female aerial display or female participation in the aerial display of the male is virtually unreported. I present here my observations of an incident of female participation in the aerial flight display of the White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) at Barrow, Alaska.

Brian J. McCaffery, Auk, volume 100 (1983)

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