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NATURE - Aquatic Birds -
Calidrid Sandpipers
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Worldwide, there are 24 species of sandpiper in the genus "Calidris". They breed in the arctic, migrate long distances, and spend the
winter in huge mixed flocks on southern coasts and estuaries. They use their relatively short bills to probe wet sand or mud to locate prey.
Baird's
Sandpiper
Buff-breasted
Sandpiper
Dunlin
Least
Sandpiper
Pectoral
Sandpiper
Purple
Sandpiper
Red
Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated
Sandpiper
Stilt
Sandpiper
Western
Sandpiper
White-rumped
Sandpiper