Rock sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
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Length: 8 inches
Small shorebird
Medium-sized, thin, dark bill with yellow base
Yellow legs
Black patch on rump extending onto tail
Thin, white wing stripe
Sexes similar ...
Rock Sandpiper
Relatives in same Genus
Sanderling (C. alba)
Dunlin (C. alpina)
Western Sandpiper (C. mauri)
Pectoral Sandpiper (C. melanotos)
Least Sandpiper (C. minutilla) ...
Rock Sandpipers breed on the Arctic tundra at low elevations and prefer short vegetation dominated by herbs, sedges, or small woody plants like crowberry.
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
Described by: Coues (1873)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Erolia ptilocnemis ...
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis tschuktschorum - Adult in breeding plumage
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Often found on rocks, like the Rock Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, and Black Turnstone, but Surfbird can also feed on sandy shorelines like a Sanderling.
Rock Sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
Dunlin, Calidris alpina
Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (C)
Broad-billed Sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus (C) ...
 See also: Sandpiper, Purple, Shorebird, Great knot, Turnstone
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