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Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos [Vieillot, 1819]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
PP , PECSA
EURING No:
5070
Number in Britain:
56 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
21 cm
Wingspan:
46 cm
Weight:
M: 94 g F: 68 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and Gr.: melas =black + notos =backed
World Distribution:
BREEDS: arctic coast of e Siberia, North America, WINTERS: s South America
Habitat:
Wet tundra, on migration mudflats, flooded fields
Diet:
Freshwater, marine, and terrestrial invertebrates
TitBit:
Breeding males have an inflatable throat sac, which expands and contracts rhythmically during display flights generating a series of hollow hoots
Records and Distribution
First Record:
1830
Summary of Annual Totals
Distribution by County
Other Names
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
Italian:
Piro piro pettorale
Norwegian:
Alaskasnipe
Polish:
Biegus arktyczny
Portuguese:
Pilrito-peitoral
Spanish:
Correlimos pectoral
Swedish:
Tuvsnäppa
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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