Broad-billed Sandpiper

Limicola falcinellus

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

BBIS

Code 6

LIMFAL

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: No data.
Head Pattern: Striped
Crown Color: White, pale brown and dark brown.
Forehead Color: White, pale brown and dark brown.
Nape Color: Pale brown and gray-brown streaked.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 18 cm (7 in)
Weight: 40 g (1.4 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: White belly and sides; breast streaked with brown.
Upperparts: Black, gray-brown and rust-brown.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked, Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Flight style is not loose and angular like other small sandpipers, usually lands quickly.
Wingspan Range: 38 cm (15 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Striped
Upper Tail: Black
Under Tail: White and gray
Leg Color: Gray-green

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