Stats

Lifespan

10-15 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Arctic tundra

Range

The Americas

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

This small shorebird nests on the open tundra of the high Arctic. It migrates over 15,000 kilometers annually between its breeding grounds and South America.

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 bairdii