sharp-tailed sandpiper

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The sharp-tailed sandpiper is a small migratory shorebird of the sandpiper family that breeds in Arctic Siberia and winters in Australasia, frequenting coastal wetlands and mudflats.

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Label Occurrences
sharp-tailed sandpiper canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird
migratory bird
sandpiper
shorebird
billColor dark bill
binomialName Calidris acuminata
linked to: Calidris ruficollis
breedingArea Russian Far East
northeastern Siberia
linked to: Eastern Siberia
breedingHabitat tundra
wet Arctic lowlands
breedingRange Arctic Siberia
linked to: Northern Siberia
class Aves
clutchSize typically 4 eggs
commonName sharp-tailed sandpiper
conservationStatus Least Concern
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List
describedBy Johann Friedrich Gmelin
diet crustaceans
insects
invertebrates
seeds
worms
distinguishedBy less distinct breast band than pectoral sandpiper
more rufous crown than pectoral sandpiper
family Scolopacidae
foragingBehavior probes mud with bill
genus Calidris
habitat coastal wetlands
estuaries
freshwater wetlands
mudflats
saltmarshes
kingdom Animalia
legColor yellowish legs
migrationFlyway East Asian–Australasian Flyway
migratoryBehavior long-distance migrant
nonBreedingRange Australasia
linked to: Oceania
order Charadriiformes
plumage distinctly streaked breast
rufous crown in breeding plumage
sharp-looking rear body outline
white underparts
relativeSize small wader
reproduction ground nester
similarTo pectoral sandpiper
taxonRank species
wintersIn Australia
New Zealand
yearDescribed 1789

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coorong region supportsSpecies sharp-tailed sandpiper
Fivebough and Tuckerbil Wetlands supportsSpecies sharp-tailed sandpiper
sharp-tailed sandpiper commonName sharp-tailed sandpiper