Archive for the ‘Sandpipers’ Category

• Common sandpiper

  Aug 31 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2114 Views | with No Comments

  The Common sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is an extensive summer breeder across Eurasia and winters widely in Africa, SW, S, and SE Asia and further into...

• Terek sandpiper

  Aug 29 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2090 Views | with No Comments

  The Terek sandpiper – Xenus cinereus is a smallish migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder across Euro/Asiatic Russia and migrates in the winter to the shores of Africa, Arabia, S Asia, SE Asia...

• Pectoral sandpiper

  Aug 22 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2095 Views | with No Comments

  The Pectoral sandpiper – Calidris melanotos is a small migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the Tundra Regions of E Asia, Alaska and W Canada to Hudson’s Bay. Most birds winter in...

• Buff-breasted sandpiper

  Aug 22 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2163 Views | with No Comments

  The Buff-breasted sandpiper – Calidris subruficollis  is a small migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the High Arctic of North America and migrates in the winter to the SE of South...

• White-rumped sandpiper

  Aug 22 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2134 Views | with No Comments

  The White-rumped sandpiper – Calidris fuscicollis is a small migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder in the High Arctic of North America and in the winter migrates to the SE Shores of South...

• Curlew sandpiper

  Aug 19 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2074 Views | with No Comments

  The Curlew sandpiper – Calidris ferruginea is a medium sized wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the Arctic Tundra of Siberia and migrates S to Africa, SE Asia and Australia. In the AWB Region it is...

• Broad-billed sandpiper

  Aug 16 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 2122 Views | with No Comments

  The Broad-billed sandpiper – Calidris falcinellus is a small wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to bogs in the Taiga of northern Eurasia and migrates to the Tropics of S Asia and on to Australia. In...