>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small East Palaearctic wader
– nocturnal migrant, to lesser extend diurnal
– migrates singly or in small flocks
– critically endangered
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea, 2+CY
BIF3690, 15/06/16, Chukotka, Russia, Thomas Noah
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea, 2+CY
BIF3691, 15/06/16, Chukotka, Russia, Thomas Noah
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea, 2+CY
BIF3692, 15/06/16, Chukotka, Russia, Thomas Noah
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
calls in flight not yet sound recorded
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Curlew Sandpiper (v) (a)
Sanderling (v)
Little Stint (v)
Red-necked Stint (v)
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