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WESTERN SANDPIPER • Field Marks • Size • Similar Species • Voice • Range • Migration • Habitat • Feeding • Nesting • Conservation The massing of Western Sandpipers at Grays Harbor, Washington, is truly an impressive sight. In late April, as many as one-half million ind

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Western Sandpiper - Whatbird.com Home| Search| Browser| Expert| Forum| Help| Site Map Field Guide to Birds of North America Species Overview Identification Behavior Portrait Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Sandpipers, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) Code 4 WESA Code 6 CALMAU ITIS 1 2 3 ILLUSTRA

The western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) is a small shorebird . The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific mauri commemorates Italian botanist Ernesto Mauri Adults have dark legs and a short, thin, dark bill, thinner at the tip

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