Sandpipers, Snipes

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Calidris pygmaea

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a 32 g coastal bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

32 g

Habitat

Coastal

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

17

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