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Showing posts with label COMMON SANDPIPER (JUVENILE) (Actitis hypoleucos). Show all posts
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Monday, 15 August 2016

2-9-2015 VILLALONGA RESERVOIR, VALENCIA - COMMON SANDPIPER (JUVENILE) (Actitis hypoleucos)


Small bicolored sandpiper which often bobs its tail in a distinctively wagtail-like manner. Plain brown with white underparts; distinguished from bulkier and rounder-headed Green Sandpiper by a prominent white spur at the shoulder. Found in a variety of wetland habitats; breeds on stony ground along rivers and lakeshores, with migrants occurring on muddy and rocky substrates from concrete canal banks to channels in tidal mudflats. Mainly found as singles or in small groups, not in flocks or mixed with other species.