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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.

Hábitat: Coastal areas

Aspecto

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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Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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

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

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 18-23 cm
Envergadura: 38-46 cm
Peso: 0.04-0.11 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-10 años
Top Speed: 70 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-4
Incubación: 19-22 días
Distancia de migración: 15000 km

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

Marine worms
Insect larvae
Small crustaceans
Mollusks

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Camuflado

El camuflaje describe a los organismos que poseen colores o patrones que les permiten mezclarse con su entorno.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Costero

Los hábitats costeros son entornos dinámicos situados a lo largo de la interfaz entre la tierra y el mar, influenciados por las mareas, las olas y el agua salada.

Velocista

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos que exhiben una rapidez excepcional en sus movimientos para cazar, escapar o desplazarse.

Migratorio

Los animales migratorios emprenden movimientos estacionales de una región a otra, típicamente en respuesta a cambios en el clima o la disponibilidad de alimentos.