Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES
FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
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2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A medium-sized, chunky shorebird, the Pectoral Sandpiper is found most commonly on mudflats with short grass or weedy vegetation and seems more at home in the grass than in the water.