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The sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g (1.4–3.5 oz). The winter
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Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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Transitioning to
Breeding Plumage in the Delaware Bay,
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The sanderling was described by the German naturalist
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for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific,
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1167:"The new species of birds in Vroeg's catalogue, 1764"
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Sanderling on the island of Amrum, Schleswig-Holstein
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This article is about the bird. For other uses, see
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637:The breeding habitat of the sanderling is coastal
582:The sanderling breeds in the High Arctic areas of
448:The sanderling is one of the species to which the
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1053:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693369A86614145.en
1398:— USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
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1189:Rookmaaker, L.C.; Pieters, F.F.J.M. (2000).
1112:The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
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661:The sanderling consists of two subspecies:
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578:Sanderlings at Ocean Beach, San Francisco
518:114.5–121.6 mm (4.51–4.79 in)
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1179:Includes a transcript of the 1764 text.
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1318:The Northwest Coast: A Natural History
1290:. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
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538:22.5–26.6 mm (0.89–1.05 in)
1171:Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
1116:. London: Christopher Helm. pp.
641:north of 5 °C (41 °F) July
594:. In North America, it breeds in the
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3090:1d3b1c2f-2539-411e-8678-be902500ef79
1095:participating institution membership
809:(one female and two male) pairings.
528:47.3–53 mm (1.86–2.09 in)
3390:IUCN Red List least concern species
1039:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
570:Distribution, habitat and migration
1574:(Numeniinae–Limosinae–Arenariinae)
947:Sanderling in Monterey, California
899:Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands
488:180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in)
404:This bird is similar in size to a
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1288:The Birds of North America Online
797:At breeding time sanderlings are
742:Sanderlings feed on invertebrate
3435:Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas
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3415:Birds of the Dominican Republic
1468:Field Guide: Birds of the World
1408:BirdLife species factsheet for
1028:BirdLife International (2016).
393:. A more recent review (Thomas
1451:Audio recordings of Sanderling
771:. When the tide is out, these
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1004:spell this alternative genus
1404:at VIREO (Drexel University)
1389:— Cornell Lab of Ornithology
1316:Schultz, Stewart T. (1990).
1165:Sherborn, C. Davies (1905).
381:It is somewhat unlike other
321:bird. The name derives from
1248:. New York: Knopf. p.
596:Canadian Arctic Archipelago
21:Sanderling (disambiguation)
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1433:Sanderling species account
1387:Sanderling Species Account
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2885:Calidris_(Crocethia)_alba
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2064:Buff-breasted sandpiper (
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1439:Interactive range map of
1244:The Sibley Guide to Birds
1222:Godfrey, W. Earl (1966).
1208:10.1163/18759866-06904005
1108:Jobling, James A (2010).
1082:Oxford English Dictionary
628:cosmopolitan distribution
508:430 mm (17 in)
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431:and some plant material.
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2430:Short-billed dowitcher (
2123:(Tringinae–Scolopacinae)
2037:Spoon-billed sandpiper (
2028:Semipalmated sandpiper (
1947:White-rumped sandpiper (
1929:Broad-billed sandpiper (
1884:Sharp-tailed sandpiper (
1696:Bristle-thighed curlew (
1402:Sanderling photo gallery
1379:Internet Bird Collection
1195:Contributions to Zoology
1046:: e.T22693369A86614145.
606:(and to a lesser extent
498:60 g (2.1 oz)
3430:Birds described in 1764
2439:Long-billed dowitcher (
2293:Nordmann's greenshank (
1705:Slender-billed curlew (
1087:Oxford University Press
971:Sanderlings feeding in
3420:Birds of the Caribbean
2725:South American snipe (
2191:Red-necked phalarope (
756:Excirolana linguifrons
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709:, breeds in northeast
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478:Standard Measurements
438:in 1764 and given the
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3310:Paleobiology Database
2525:New Guinea woodcock (
2257:Grey-tailed tattler (
1860:Henderson sandpiper (
1775:Black-tailed godwit (
882:Monterey Bay Aquarium
765:, and the mole crab,
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362:, wintering south to
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3085:Fauna Europaea (new)
2567:Subantarctic snipe (
2347:Solitary sandpiper (
2311:Greater yellowlegs (
2200:Wilson's phalarope (
1983:Pectoral sandpiper (
1669:Far Eastern curlew (
1660:Hudsonian whimbrel (
1633:Long-billed curlew (
998:Kirwan et al. (2008)
866:Tokeland, Washington
762:Excirolana kincaidii
624:New Siberian Islands
354:It is a circumpolar
3410:Birds of the Arctic
2534:Eurasian woodcock (
2516:Moluccan woodcock (
2498:American woodcock (
2489:Sulawesi woodcock (
2480:Bukidnon woodcock (
2320:Common greenshank (
2302:Wandering tattler (
2275:Lesser yellowlegs (
2233:Spotted sandpiper (
1974:Western sandpiper (
1911:Baird's sandpiper (
1851:Tuamotu sandpiper (
1766:Bar-tailed godwit (
1687:Eurasian whimbrel (
1671:N. madagascariensis
1343:The Birds of Turkey
1238:Sibley, David Allen
1224:The Birds of Canada
1085:(Online ed.).
1002:The Birds of Turkey
680:, north & east
274:(Pallas, 1764)
266:(Pallas, 1764)
258:Linnaeus, 1766
255:Charadrius calidris
76:Conservation status
3425:Cosmopolitan birds
2929:BirdLife-Australia
2743:Pin-tailed snipe (
2671:Madagascar snipe (
2266:Spotted redshank (
2224:Common sandpiper (
2073:Temminck's stint (
2046:Red-necked stint (
1965:Purple sandpiper (
1938:Curlew sandpiper (
1757:Hudsonian godwit (
1601:Upland sandpiper (
1446:IUCN Red List maps
1374:"Sanderling media"
828:High Island, Texas
793:Breeding behaviour
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738:Sanderling feeding
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436:Peter Simon Pallas
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240:Sanderling range.
62:Breeding plumage,
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678:Ellesmere Island
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