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Broad-billed Sandpiper

Limicola falcinellusOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Codes: Common Name: BBIS Scientific Name: LIMFAL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176716
Least Concern
 
Broad-billed Sandpiper: The adult Broad-billed Sandpiper has gray-brown variegated upperparts with two creamy streaks on the back, underparts are white with streaked and spotted breast and neck. The head is variegated gray with a forked white eyebrow.
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Broad-billed Sandpiper Variations

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Overview

Broad-billed Sandpiper: Small sandpiper with a long bill that curves down at the tip. Pale-edged dark brown feathers on upperparts give a scaled appearance; back shows two pale streaks in flight; underparts are white with dark spots on breast and neck. Head has dark cap and forked white eyebrows.

Range and Habitat

Broad-billed Sandpiper: Habitats used during nonbreeding season range from muddy pond margins and wet meadows to rocky beaches and tidal mudflats. Breeds in northern Europe and Asia and winters coastlines of South Asia. Juveniles very rarely show up in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Body


Listen to Call

Voice Text

"bree, bree, bree"

Interesting Facts

 A group of sandpipers has many collective nouns, including a "bind", "contradiction", "fling", "hill", and "time-step" of sandpipers.


Bird Term Glossary



Author

Gary Owen Dick

Splitbar
Range Map for Broad-billed Sandpiper

Related Birds

Dunlin
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Family
Species Limicola falcinellus
Length7 Inches
Wingspan15 Inches

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Broad-billed Sandpiper: Small sandpiper with a long bill that curves down at the tip. Pale-edged dark brown feathers on upperparts give a scaled appearance; back shows two pale streaks in flight; underparts are white with dark spots on breast and neck. Head has dark cap and forked white eyebrows.

● Song: "bree, bree, bree"

● Foraging & Feeding: Broad-billed Sandpiper: Feeds on mudflats in typical sandpiper fashion by probing vertically into soft mud with its bill, but has noticeably slower and more methodical movements than other small sandpipers. Eats a wide variety of small aquatic invertebrates.

● Breeding & nesting: Broad-billed Sandpiper: Breeding behavior poorly known. Breeds in wettest portions of bogs in northern Europe. Lays four gray buff to brown eggs with dark brown markings. Both parents incubate for 21 days, and both parents initially care for chicks, though only the male later.

● Similar species: Broad-billed Sandpiper: Most readily confused with the taller, longer-legged Dunlin, which also lacks the split white eyeline of the Broad-billed Sandpiper.

Flight Pattern

Flight style is not loose and angular like other small sandpipers, usually lands quickly.
Broad-billed Sandpiper: Adult
● Range & Habitat: Broad-billed Sandpiper: Habitats used during nonbreeding season range from muddy pond margins and wet meadows to rocky beaches and tidal mudflats. Breeds in northern Europe and Asia and winters coastlines of South Asia. Juveniles very rarely show up in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight1.4 Ounces
Sandpiper-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
CapX
The area on top of the head of the bird.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX