Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea - Bécasseau cocorli

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Calidris
Species
:
ferruginea

Descriptor

Pontoppidan, 1763

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: 38 à 41 cm.
Weight
: 44 à 117 g

Longevity

6 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Bécasseau cocorli,
Correlimos zarapitín,
pilrito-de-bico-comprido,
Sichelstrandläufer,
sarlós partfutó,
Krombekstrandloper,
Piovanello comune,
spovsnäppa,
Tundrasnipe,
pobrežník krivozobý,
jespák křivozobý,
Krumnæbbet Ryle,
kuovisirri,
Krombekstrandloper,
territ becllarg,
Spóatíta,
biegus krzywodzioby,
līkšņibītis,
srpokljuni prodnik,
Краснозобик,
Kedidi golgol,
サルハマシギ,
弯嘴滨鹬,
นกชายเลนปากโค้ง,
彎嘴濱鷸〔滸鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Tundra ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Tundra Wetlands (incl.

pools and temporary waters from snowmelt), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes ; Marine Neritic : Coral Reef, Outer Reef Channel, Back Slope, Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope), Lagoon, Inter-Reef Soft Substrate, Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate, Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha), Salt Exploitation Sites, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land