Pectoral sandpiper / Graubrust-Strandläufer (Calidris melanotos)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Calidris (Calidris); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa.
General:The pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) is a small, migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It eats small invertebrates. Its nest, a hole scraped in the ground and with a thick lining, is deep enough to protect its four eggs from the cool breezes of its breeding grounds. The pectoral sandpiper is 21 cm (8.3 in) long, with a wingspan of 46 cm (18 in). [more]

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