Calidris himantopus

Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)
Stilt sandpiper

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Family:	Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
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Environment:	others; marine
Distribution:	Northeast Pacific and Northwest Atlantic: Salish Sea and Saint-Pierre Miquelon. Temperate to polar.
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Biology:	Found on beach, shoreline, bay and nearshore (Ref. 116102). Feeds in unvegetated and gently sloped lake shoreline, in shallow water, and in marshes; in humid to dry sub-humid climate; in moderately saline waters typical of North American prairie marshes. Feed mostly on invertebrates; mostly chironomid larvae. (Ref. 95161).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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