>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small wader, roughly dunlin-sized
– nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small flocks
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibiricaAD BREED
BIF3685, 10/07/2014, Taimyr, Russia, Thomas Noah
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibiricaAD BREED
BIF3686, 10/07/2014, Taimyr, Russia, Thomas Noah
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibiricaAD BREED
BIF3687, 10/07/2014, Taimyr, Russia, Thomas Noah
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibiricaAD BREED
BIF3688, 10/07/2014, Taimyr, Russia, Thomas Noah
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibiricaAD BREED
BIF3689, 10/07/2014, Taimyr, Russia, Thomas Noah
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica
BIF0215, 30/05/2014, Dornod, Aimag Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
BIF0216, 30/05/2014, Dornod, Aimag Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
BIF0217, 30/05/2014, Dornod, Aimag Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica, JUV
BIF2767, 08/09/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica, JUV
BIF2768, 07/09/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica, AD
BIF2769, 03/09/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
BIF2771, 08/09/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii
BIF2770, 07/09/2017, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– flight call a distinct ‘full’ trill, unlike most other Calidris waders
– rather slow modulated call, slightly rising in frequency
– distinct rise in frequency even visible in rather poor recordings/spectrograms
– shape in spectrogram slightly reminiscent of Common Blackbird, but faster modulations
– possibly differences between both subspecies, as shown below (but might be just age related!)
– excitement call a short ‘plik’, not unlike Ortolan Bunting
– overview –
– detail –
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus sibirica, flight call, excitement call
BIF3551, 07/09/2017, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Steve Klasan
– overview –
– detail –
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris f. falcinellus, flight call
BIF3552, 13/07/2021, Randowtal, Germany, Steve Klasan
– distinctive call, even audible/visible in recordings made under harsh conditions
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Dunlin
Curlew Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper
Little Stint
Red-necked Stint
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