Rock Sandpiper

Calidris ptilocnemis

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

ROSA

Code 6

CALPTI

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Streaked
Crown Color: Black with red-brown streaking.
Forehead Color: Black with red-brown streaking.
Nape Color: Black with red-brown streaking.
Throat Color: Black with red-brown streaking.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 23 cm (9 in)
Weight: 77 g (2.7 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: White with brown streaking on breast and sides and a dark patch on lower breast.
Upperparts: Scaled gray-brown with red-brown on back and wings.
Back Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Swift flight with shallow clipped wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 36-39 cm (14-15.5 in)
Wing Shape: Tapered-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Streaked
Upper Tail: White with black central stripe.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Back

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