View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Sandpiper (Sharp-tailed) Calidris acuminata

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'''Kingdom:''' Animalia<br />
'''Phylum:''' Chordata<br />
'''Class:''' Aves<br />
'''Order:''' Charadriiformes<br />
'''Family:''' Scolopacidae<br />
'''Genus:''' Calidris<br />
'''Species:''' C. acuminata<br />
'''Binomial name:''' Calidris acuminata<br />
'''Common name:''' Sharp-tailed sandpiper

Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed sandpiper) is a small, long-distance migrant that breeds in the boggy tundra of northeast Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south-east Asia and Australasia. It is a rare migrant to New Zealand. <br />
It is a portly sandpiper with a flat back, pot belly and somewhat drawn-out rear end. It has a small flat head on a short neck with a short and slightly decurved bill. Their body length is 22 cm (bill tip to tail), a wingspan of 36–43 cm and a weight of 65 g.<br />
These birds forage on grasslands and mudflats, picking up food by sight, sometimes by probing. They mainly eat insects and other invertebrates.

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