Dunlin
Calidris alpina

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– small wader, roughly size of a starling
– nocturnal migrant, to lesser extend diurnal
– migrates singly or in dense flocks, at roosts often in huge flocks

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

BIF746_MPU_I1Q6026_150701_dunl-1-AD-BREED_d_ruegen
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED
BIF0746, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF747_MPU_I1Q6027_150701_dunl-1-AD-BREED_d_ruegen
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED
BIF0747, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF2783, 18/10/2017, Helgoland, Roland Neumann


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF1213, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF1215, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß

BIF204_MPU_I1Q1596_131008_dunl_wermsd
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF0204, 08/10/2013, Schadebacher Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF205_MPU_I1Q1586_131008_dunl_wermsd.jpg
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
Ruff Calidris pugnax, 1CY M
BIF0205, 08/10/2013, Schadebacher Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED -> NBREED, 1CY
BIF1212, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, 1CY
BIF1251, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF1214, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß

Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., BREED -> NBREED
BIF7035, 15/09/2020, Falsterbo, Sweden, Mathias Putze

Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., BREED -> NBREED
BIF7034, 15/09/2020, Falsterbo, Sweden, Mathias Putze


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY and AD NBREED
Sanderling Calidris a. alba, AD BREED -> NBREED, 3rd from right
BIF2728, 22/08/2018, Helgoland, Germany, Roland Neumann
– median and lesser coverts of 1CY show pale fringes compared to uniformly grey-brown coverts of AD (bird in the centre)


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula ssp., AD, 1CY
Sanderling Calidris alba, 1CY
Ruff Calidris pugnax, 1CY M
Little Stint Calidris minuta, 1CY
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, 1CY
BIF1977, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß

BIF749_MPU_I1Q6304_150701_dunl-FL-AD-BREED_curlsandp-FL-AD-BREED_d_ruegen
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, AD BREED
BIF0749, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola, AD BREED
BIF3572, 06/08/2021, Salzhaff, Germany, Roland Neumann

BIF750_MPU_I1Q7065_150212_dunl-FL-WIN_curlsandp-FL-WIN_oman_bar-al-hikman
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., NBREED
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea, NBREED
BIF0750, 12/02/2015, Bar Al Hikman, Oman, Mathias Putze

Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., BREED -> NBREED
BIF7033, 30/01/2023, Amrum, Germany, Mathias Putze


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp. 1CY
Sanderling Calidris alba 1CY
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NBREED
BIF2054 18/10/2017, Heligoland, Germany, Roland Neumann

BIF748_MPU_I1Q6065_150701_dunl-FL-AD-BREED_d_ruegen
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED
BIF0748, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF206_MPU_I1Q1785_131009_dunl-flock_schadeb
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF0206, 09/10/2013, Schadebacher Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF207_MPU_I1Q1788_131009_dunl-flock_schadeb
Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., 1CY
BIF0207, 09/10/2013, Schadebacher Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze

Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., BREED -> NBREED
BIF7032, 26/01/2023, Amrum, Germany, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>


Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., calls in flight
BIF0208, 26/09/2014, Prerow, Germany, Patrick Franke


Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, calls in flight
BIF2998, 02/06/2019, Snæfellsness, Iceland, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Broad-billed Sandpiper (v) (a)
Curlew Sandpiper (v) (a)
Sanderling (v)
Purple Sandpiper (v) (a)
Little Stint (v)
Great Grey Shrike (a)

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