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Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus(Pontoppidan, 1763)
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- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Calidris
At a glance
The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small bird, about 16–18 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 16–18 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Broad-billed Sandpiper look like?
The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small bird, about 16–18 cm long and weighing 26–74 g.
The broad-billed sandpiper is a small wading bird. The scientific specific name falcinellus is the diminutive from Latin falx, falcis, "a small sickle". It was formerly treated in its own monospecific genus Limicola, but this was found to be embedded within the wider genus Calidris, into which it was transferred in 2004.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Broad-billed Sandpiper?
The Broad-billed Sandpiper is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Broad-billed Sandpiper eat?
The Broad-billed Sandpiper feeds on intertidal invertebrates and fish/invertebrates, usually foraging in flocks or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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