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Stocky, medium-sized shorebird with a long, drooping bill. Breeding adults have a distinctive black belly and a rusty mottled back. Note black legs.

Chunky shorebird with a short neck and a long drooping bill. Nonbreeding birds have a grayish brown hood and a brownish back.

During the nonbreeding season, forages in mudflats and shallow water. Probes, picks, and jabs at aquatic invertebrates often with the bill open.

Breeds in wet coastal tundra.

Medium-sized, short-necked sandpiper with a long drooping bill. Breeding birds have a black belly patch.

Stocky, short-necked shorebird. Juveniles have mottled backs and brownish faces. Black belly feathers grow in as they age.

In flight, note darker line of feathers down the center of the tail and white outer tail feathers.

Breeding adults have a rusty mottled back. In flight, note dark stripe down the center of the tail and white outer tail feathers.

Winters along mudflats, estuaries, marshes, flooded fields, sandy beaches, and shores of lakes and ponds.

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