adult in nonbreeding plumage (California, USA; 2006-11-19)
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Least Sandpiper
Calidris manutilla
Native Range: North America
Notes:
a small, abundant brown-toned sandpiper told from Western Sandpiper by brownish (not grayish) plumage, pale-yellow (rather than black) legs, and preference for slightly higher edges of mud flats frequented by both of these abundant species.
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frontal view (California, USA; 2006-09-10)
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note the light-yellow legs (California, USA; 2006-12-24)
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juvenile on left, told by more patterned dorsal (California, USA; 2006-09-03)
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nonbreeding adult (California, USA; 2006-09-24)
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flock in flight; white stripe along wing (California, USA; 2006-03-26) |
juvenile; caution, muddy legs can look black (California, USA; 2006-09-10) |
nonbreeding plumage (California, USA; 2006-12-24) |
nonbreeding plumage (California, USA; 2006-11-19) |