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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Family
Sandpipers, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Code 4
PUSA
Code 6
CALMAR
ITIS
HEAD
Bill Shape:
Dagger
Eye Color:
Dark brown.
Head pattern:
Plain, Eyering
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
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BODY
Length Range:
23 cm (9 in)
Weight:
77 g (2.7 oz)
Size:
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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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X