White-rumped sandpiper
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The white-rumped sandpiper is a small migratory shorebird that breeds in the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these a
White rumped sandpiper in breeding plumage 01
in winter plumage
Cryptic coloration aids in camouflage
Wing raising display
Least sandpiper
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The least sandpiper is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minutilla is Me
White-rumped sandpiper
…no subspecies recognised. A 2022 molecular phylogenetic study by David Černý and Rossy Natale found that the white-rumped sandpiper was sister to the least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla). The white-rumped sandpiper is placed in the order Charadriiformes along with gulls, alcids, plovers and oystercatchers. Its family…
Sandpiper Weckstein
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