Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

SBSA

Code 6

EURPYG

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Specialized
Eye Color: No data.
Head Pattern: Striped
Crown Color: Red-brown with brown streaks.
Forehead Color: Red-brown with brown streaks.
Nape Color: Red-brown with brown streaks.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 14-16 cm (5.5-6.3 in)
Weight: 28 g (1 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: White with red-brown breast with brown streaking.
Upperparts: Red-brown and black mottled edged in buff and white.
Back Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Rapid flight with fast wingbeats.
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Striped
Upper Tail: White with dark brown terminal band and black central feathers.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Black

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