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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Surfbird
Calidris virgata
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Sandpipers, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Code 4
SURF
Code 6
APHVIR
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger
Eye Color:
Dark brown.
Head pattern:
Streaked, Eyering
Crown Color:
White with heavy black streaking.
Forehead Color:
White with heavy black streaking.
Nape Color:
White with heavy black streaking.
Throat Color:
White with heavy black streaking.
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
25 cm (10 in)
Weight:
184 g (6.5 oz)
Size:
Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary:
Gray
Underparts:
White with brown chevrons.
Upperparts:
Dark gray-brown feathers edged with white and red-brown.
Back Pattern:
Scaled or scalloped
Belly Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
Breast Pattern:
Spotted or speckled
FLIGHT
Flight Pattern:
Swift flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range:
51 cm (20 in)
Wing Shape:
Pointed-Wings
Tail shape:
Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern:
Banded
Upper Tail:
White with black terminal band.
Under Tail:
White with black terminal band.
Leg Color:
Yellow-green
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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X