Curlew sandpiper
The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.
| Curlew sandpiper | |
|---|---|
| Non-breeding plumage | |
| Breeding plumage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. ferruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erolia ferruginea Vieillot, 1816 | |
It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australia and New Zealand. It is a vagrant to North America.
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