Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos [Vieillot, 1819] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
PP, PECSA
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EURING No: 5070 | |
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Number in Britain:
56 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor, Has probably bred
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
21 cm
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Wingspan: 46 cm |
Weight:
M: 94 g F: 68 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kalidris=grey waterside bird described by Aristotle and Gr.: melas=black + notos=backed |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: arctic coast of e Siberia, North America, WINTERS: s South America |
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Habitat:
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Wet tundra, on migration mudflats, flooded fields |
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Diet:
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Freshwater, marine, and terrestrial invertebrates |
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Breeding males have an inflatable throat sac, which expands and contracts rhythmically during display flights generating a series of hollow hoots. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Norfolk, 1830
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: Luatharan-broillich | Welsh: Pibydd Cain |
| Danish: Stribet ryle | Dutch: Gestreepte strandloper |
| Finnish: Alaskansirri | French: Bécasseau tacheté |
| German: Graubruststrandläufer | Hungarian: Vándor partfutó |
| Icelandic: Rákatíta |
Irish:
Gobadán Uchtach
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| Italian: Piro piro pettorale | Norwegian: Alaskasnipe |
| Polish: Biegus arktyczny | Portuguese: Pilrito-peitoral |
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Spanish:
Correlimos pectoral
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Swedish: Tuvsnäppa |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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