Least Sandpiper
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(New page: Image:Leastsandpiper.jpg '''Common Name:''' Least Sandpiper<br> '''Scientific Name:''' Calidris minutilla '''Size:''' 5-6 inches (13-15 cm) '''Habitat''': North and South America; b...) |
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'''Habitat''': North and South America; breeding habitat is the northern North American continent. They migrate to the southern United States and northern South America. They occur as very rare vagrants in Western Europe. Breeds in mossy or wet grassy tundra, occasionally in drier areas with scattered scrubby bushes. Migrates and winters in wet meadows, mudflats, flooded fields, shores of pools and lakes, and, less frequently, sandy beaches. | '''Habitat''': North and South America; breeding habitat is the northern North American continent. They migrate to the southern United States and northern South America. They occur as very rare vagrants in Western Europe. Breeds in mossy or wet grassy tundra, occasionally in drier areas with scattered scrubby bushes. Migrates and winters in wet meadows, mudflats, flooded fields, shores of pools and lakes, and, less frequently, sandy beaches. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' Near Threatened. Global population: 700,000. It is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. | + | '''Status:''' Near Threatened. '''Global population:''' 700,000. It is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. |
'''Diet:''' Crustaceans, insects and snails. They forage on mudflats, picking up food by sight, sometimes by probing. | '''Diet:''' Crustaceans, insects and snails. They forage on mudflats, picking up food by sight, sometimes by probing. | ||
| - | '''Found in | + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-shorebirds-small-waders.html Songbird ReMix Shorebirds Volume 3: Small Waders]''' |
