curlew sandpiper
calidris ferruginea latin

Some, such as Whimbrels, Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stints, just pausing for a few days to refuel before continuing south, others staying for the winter.

Other wader species recorded in substantial numbers include Curlew Sandpipers, Marsh Sandpipers and Black-tailed Godwits.

In late August, 2001, another juvenile Calidris showing features of both Pectoral and Curlew Sandpipers was found at Shintone, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Cox's Sandpiper, Calidris paramelanotos, in 1982, now known to be a stereotyped hybrid between males of the Pectoral Sandpiper and female Curlew Sandpipers.

Other waders using the wetlands in relatively large numbers include Red-necked Stints, Curlew Sandpipers, Far Eastern Curlews and Sooty Oystercatchers.

Santoña, Victoria, and Joyel Marshes' Nature Reserve The marshes attract migrating wading birds from autumn to spring, particularly spoonbills, curlew sandpipers and avocets.

Red-necked Stints are highly gregarious, and will form flocks with other small Calidris waders, such as Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and Curlew Sandpipers in their non-breeding areas.

Red-necked Stints use the IBA in substantial numbers, while other birds regularly recorded include Curlew Sandpipers, Sooty Oystercatchers and Little Terns.

Greenshank were dashing about nervously in the shallows, as greenshanks do, small parties of elegant curlew sandpipers were busily feeding by probing the sand, and grey plovers were standing about watching for any small movements.

Species that have strongly declined since the 1980s are Broad-billed Sandpipers, Asian Dowitchers, Curlew Sandpipers, Red-necked Avocets, Banded Stilts, Oriental Plovers, Oriental Pratincoles and White-winged Black Terns.

The area's two bird watching platforms, one in Pute and one in Lolanya, host the birders while they observe and photograph varieties such as sandwich, black, royal, roseate, and little terns, black-winged stilts, ringed plovers, curlew sandpipers, spotted redshanks, and greenshanks.

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea).

The Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.