Curlew Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper（学名：Calidris ferruginea），是鸻形目丘鹬科滨鹬属的鸟类。小型涉禽，以其长而稍向下弯曲的喙著称。繁殖于西伯利亚北部的苔原地带，冬季迁徙至非洲、南亚、东南亚和澳大利亚等地。体长约18至23厘米，重约44至117克，展翅宽38至46厘米。成鸟繁殖季节头部和身体呈深锈色，非繁殖期羽毛灰白相间。
Curlew Sandpiper
20-22 cm. Female, bill longer. Non-breeding: elegant, medium-sized, uniformly grey-brown wader with slim, longish, evenly downcurved black bill, long white eyebrow, white rump and longish black legs. Breeding Plumage: pale patch around bill; head and body deep rosy chestnut; upperparts richly marked buff, chestnut and black; white rump sparsely barred darker. Moulting birds show patchy, scaly, chestnut pattern. Immature: buffer; upperparts neatly 'scaly' from fine whitish feather margins. Small to large flocks, with other waders. Active: wades deep; submerges head; groups chase in flight; flocks wheel. In flight (all plumages): bold white wingbar and rump.
- Similar Species
- Dunlin, nonbreeding; Broad-billed Sandpiper; Stilt Sandpiper.
- Voice
- liquid 'chirrup'; musical 'tirri-tirri-tirri' in aerial chases.
- Habitat
- tidal mudflats; saltmarsh, saltfields; fresh, brackish or saline wetlands; sewage ponds.
- Range & Status
- breeds ne. Siberia: migrates to Africa, s. and se. Asia, Indonesia, PNG, NZ. Widespread, common summer migrant to Aust. (Aug.-April); mostly coastal, but many inland. Some overwinter.
