Birds of North America
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
A Pectoral Sandpiper flying above a Lesser Yellowlegs, taking off from the eastern point of Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada.
A Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding plumage walking along the coast at Cattle Point, in Victoria, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
A side view of a Pectoral Sandpiper probing in the mud at the Amherstview lagoon, Amherstview, Ontario, Canada.
A Pectoral Sandpiper feeding in the algae on the Kingston Field Naturalists' property on Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
A side view of a Pectoral Sandpiper standing on a mass of floating algae in Lake Ontario, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
An alert Pectoral Sandpiper feeding along a shoreline on Amherst Island, near Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Life, Habitat & Pictures of the Pectoral Sandpiper
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| Pectoral Sandpiper | 8.75" 22.2cm | 18" 45.7cm | 2.6 oz 73.7g | Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos |
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