sanderling

A pale sandpiper (Calidris alba) native to the N hemisphere; inhabits tundra and (in winter) coasts; eats minute crustaceans; follows edges of breaking waves on shore.

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iSanderling

A sanderling in winter plumage

Conservation status

Least concern (LC)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Scolopacidae
Genus:	?Calidris
Species:	C. alba

Binomial name

Calidris alba
Pallas, 1764

Sanderling breeding range.

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