Sharp-tailed sandpiper
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The sharp-tailed sandpiper is a small-medium migratory wader or shorebird, found mostly in Siberia during the summer breeding period and Australia for wintering.
Calidris acuminata
Calidris acuminata Hexham Swamp
Juvenile plumage in autumn, Japan
Winter plumage; with wings stretched
Sandpiper
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Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews, and snipes. Most of these species eat small
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
…Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific acuminata is from Latin acuminatus, 'sharp, pointed'. A small-medium wader, the portly sandpiper has a pot belly, flat back and somewhat drawn-out rear end. It has a mottled chestnut-brown upper body with sharp-looking feathers with a dark centre…
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola, Keski Karjala, Finland 365403651
White-rumped sandpiper nest with four eggs
The least sandpiper is the smallest species of sandpiper
Sandpipers spending the non-breeding season in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia