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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Sandpipers, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Code 4
SOSA
Code 6
TRISOL
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger
Eye Color:
Dark brown to chestnut.
Head pattern:
Streaked, Eyering
Crown Color:
Gray-brown heavily streaked with white.
Forehead Color:
Brown and white streaked.
Nape Color:
Dark gray-brown heavily streaked with buff-white.
Throat Color:
White with gray-brown streaks.
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
20-23 cm (8-9 in)
Weight:
69 g (2.43 oz)
Size:
Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary:
Brown
Underparts:
White
Upperparts:
Dark gray-brown heavily spotted with buff-white.
Back Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern:
Solid
Breast Pattern:
Striped or streaked
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Light buoyant swallowlike direct flight, Often zigzags on takeoff.
Wingspan Range:
38-43 cm (15-17 in)
Wing Shape:
Tapered-Wings
Tail shape:
Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern:
Barred
Upper Tail:
White with dark central feathers.
Under Tail:
White
Leg Color:
Yellow-green to olive.
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Parts of a Standing bird
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Head Feathers and Markings
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Parts of a Flying bird
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