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Dunlin
Calidris alpina
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Sounds
- Recording by Doug Hynes (XC566009). CC-BY-SA · Source
Easily confused with
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little StintCalidris minuta
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WilletTringa semipalmata
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,954,311 |
|---|---|
| New York | 103,473 |
| Texas | 85,382 |
| Michigan | 76,289 |
| Virginia | 70,682 |
| Maryland | 63,368 |
| Ohio | 54,009 |
| Quebec | 43,495 |
| Georgia | 30,138 |
| Connecticut | 24,924 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae |
| Genus | Calidris Sandpipers · Calidris |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Centre Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Pennsylvania, United States
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Dunlin with real photos from different observers and its recordings. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.