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.