#0810 · 🐦 birds

Pectoral Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Gestreepte Strandloper ·Calidris melanotos

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrew Cannizzaro · CC BY 4.0
2. © alcedo77 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Dave Eib · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Samuel Amaris · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren · CC BY 4.0
6. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Dario Taraborelli · CC0
8. © Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The pectoral sandpiper ( Calidris melanotos ) is a small, migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It eats small invertebrates. Its nest, a hole scraped in the ground and with a thick lining, is deep enough to protect its four eggs from the cool breezes of its breeding grounds. 3 in) long, with a wingspan of 46 cm (18 in).

base stats

NL sightings 20iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 18,636iNaturalist observations
weight 97.8 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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).