Surfbird

Aphriza virgata

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

SURF

Code 6

APHVIR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Streaked, Eyering
Crown Color: White with heavy black streaking.
Forehead Color: White with heavy black streaking.
Nape Color: White with heavy black streaking.
Throat Color: White with heavy black streaking.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 25 cm (10 in)
Weight: 184 g (6.5 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: White with brown chevrons.
Upperparts: Dark gray-brown feathers edged with white and red-brown.
Back Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Swift flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 51 cm (20 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Banded
Upper Tail: White with black terminal band.
Under Tail: White with black terminal band.
Leg Color: Yellow-green

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