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Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

The Curlew Sandpiper is a small, beautiful bird with long legs and a curved beak. It loves to run along the shore and search for tiny food in the sand and mud.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

Aussehen

The Curlew Sandpiper has a long, slender, downward-curved bill and relatively long dark legs. In breeding season, it sports striking brick-red underparts and a dark mottled back, while non-breeding birds are a plainer grey-brown above and white below.

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Curlew Sandpiper
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Curlew Sandpiper

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Sometimes, thousands of them flock together during migration!

The male often cares for the chicks all by himself!

Their nesting grounds are in the very cold Arctic tundra!

They can drink saltwater, thanks to special glands!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Arctic Navigator

Curlew Sandpiper can fly thousands of miles because they have incredible stamina that helps them migrate from the Arctic to southern continents.

Fähigkeit

Mud Probe Master

Curlew Sandpiper can find hidden worms deep in the mud because of their long, sensitive, curved bill that acts like a precise detector.

Fähigkeit

Camouflage Cloak

Curlew Sandpiper has drab gray and white feathers in winter that help them disappear against muddy shores, hiding from predators.

Maße und Details

Länge
18-23 cm
Flügelspannweite
38-46 cm
Gewicht
0.04-0.11 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Jahre
Top Speed
70 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-4
Brutzeit
19-22 Tage
Zugstrecke
15000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They munch on tiny worms and insects found hiding in mud and sand.

Hauptnahrung

  • Marine worms
  • Insect larvae
  • Small crustaceans
  • Mollusks

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

hunts them during their long migration flights

eaten by

Great Black-backed Gull

Larus marinus

preys on eggs, chicks, and sometimes adults

eaten by

Arctic Fox

Vulpes lagopus

eats their eggs and chicks in the Arctic

eats

Common Ragworm

Hediste diversicolor

probes mudflats to find these marine worms

eats

Laver Spire Shell

Hydrobia ulvae

sucks tiny snails from the surface of mudflats

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Curlew Sandpiper?

18-23 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Curlew Sandpiper?

38-46 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Curlew Sandpiper?

0.04-0.11 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Curlew Sandpiper?

5-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Curlew Sandpiper?

70 km/h

Was frisst Curlew Sandpiper?

They munch on tiny worms and insects found hiding in mud and sand.

Wo findet man Curlew Sandpiper normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Curlew Sandpiper?

Foraging

Snap-Karte

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