#0887 · 🐦 birds

Broad-billed Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Breedbekstrandloper ·Calidris falcinellus

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Анатолий Кузьмин · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Сергей Кукуев · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © klausalix · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Сергей Брыляков · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © 台灣水鳥研究群彰化海岸保育行動聯盟 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Tan Kok Hui · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Alidz31 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The broad-billed sandpiper ( Calidris falcinellus ) is a small wading bird. The scientific name is from Latin. The specific name falcinella is from falx, falcis , "a sickle. Some research suggests that it should rather go into the genus Philomachus .

base stats

NL sightings 7iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,016iNaturalist observations
weight 37 gadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).