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and after Santo Domingo, former name of Hispaniola in the Caribbean
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: s South America
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration pasture & estuaries
Diet:
Mostly inveretbrates, some seeds and leaves
TitBit:
Adult birds leave the Arctic in early summer, but juveniles linger until late summer; some adults reach the wintering grounds in South America before the last juveniles have left the Arctic.
These data should be cited as: Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)
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