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Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

The Western Sandpiper is a small, quick bird that loves to run along the beach looking for tiny bugs and worms to eat. They have long legs and a pointed beak that helps them dig in the sand.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Western Sandpiper is a small shorebird with dark legs and a short, slightly drooping black bill. In breeding season, it has reddish-brown patches on its back and streaky brown markings on its breast. In winter, it appears much plainer and grayer above with a white belly.

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Western Sandpiper

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Their tiny chicks can leave the nest and find food just hours after hatching!

Their toes are slightly webbed, which helps them walk on soft mud!

They often forage with a distinctive 'sewing machine' head-bobbing motion!

Western Sandpipers make a high-pitched 'kreep' sound, like a squeaky toy!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Western Sandpiper can find hidden worms and crustaceans by feeling them with nerve endings in its bill, even without seeing them.

Western Sandpiper can drink salty water because specialized glands remove excess salt from its blood, helping it survive harsh coastal environments.

Western Sandpiper has incredible synchronized flight, helping large flocks confuse predators and efficiently find food.

Maße und Details

Länge: 13-17 cm
Flügelspannweite: 35-37 cm
Gewicht: 0.02-0.035 kg
Lebenserwartung: 10-12 Jahre
Top Speed: 65 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-4
Brutzeit: 21-22 Tage
Zugstrecke: 10000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

Western Sandpipers feast on tiny worms and crustaceans found in mud and sand along the shore.

Hauptnahrung

marine worms
small crustaceans
insect larvae
tiny molluscs

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

A swift hunter, preying on migrating sandpipers along the coast.

eats

Mud Amphipod

Corophium volutator

Feeds on these small crustaceans hidden in the soft intertidal mud.

depends on

Eelgrass

Zostera marina

Eelgrass beds provide shelter and food for the small invertebrates it eats.

eaten by

Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

These opportunistic gulls may snatch sandpipers, especially injured ones.

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