Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima

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Purple Sandpiperadult post breeding, identification

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  • identification
  • adult
  • post breeding
  • Correlimos oscuro
  • pilrito-escuro
  • Meerstrandläufer
  • Calidris maritima
  • Charadriiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Charadriiformes
Family : Scolopacidae
Species : Purple Sandpiper

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : redu114551
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Plumage : adult, post breeding

Shooting

date : 2012 Feb
Country : Netherlands (nl)
Region : Zeeland
Place : Zierikzee Zierikzee
Lat. : 51° 38' 59'' North
Lng. : 3° 55' 41'' East