Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

PUSA

Code 6

CALMAR

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Striped
Crown Color: Pale brown with black streaks.
Forehead Color: Gray and brown.
Nape Color: Gray
Throat Color: Pale gray with heavy dark streaks.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 23 cm (9 in)
Weight: 77 g (2.7 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Gray
Underparts: White with heavy brown and black streaks on breast and sides.
Upperparts: Black and gray-brown feathers with white edges.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked, Scaled or Scalloped
Belly Pattern: Striped or streaked
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Flies swiftly with shallow wingbeats low over water.
Wingspan Range: 43 cm (17 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Striped
Upper Tail: Gray-brown, darker in the center.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Yellow

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