Broad-billed sandpiper
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The broad-billed sandpiper is a small wading bird. The scientific specific name falcinellus is the diminutive from Latin falx, falcis, "a small sickle". It was formerly treated in its own monospecific
Adult C. f. sibirica on spring migration, Taiwan
Eggs in the Museum Wiesbaden collection
Dunlin
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The dunlin is a small wader in the genus Calidris. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a per
Eggs, Collection Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
C. a. alpina in breeding plumage on spring migration, Spiekeroog, northern Germany
C.a. schinzii, Mellon Udrigle, Scotland