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Dunlin
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Aves
NEAR THREATENED

Stats

Lifespan
4-10 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Carnivore
Activity
Cathemeral
Social
Flock
Biome
Coastal wetland
Range
Northern Hemisphere
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Near Threatened

About

This small wader lives on muddy shorelines and coastal flats across the north. It uses a long, sensitive bill to probe deep into wet sand for hidden worms and larvae.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
Calidris alpina