Sandpipers, Snipes

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

The Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) is an 80 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

80 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

63

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