Stats

Lifespan

9-20 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Flock

Biome

Coastal shoreline

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Near Threatened

About

A stocky, brightly patterned shorebird with a tortoiseshell back and bold black-and-white face markings. It gets its name from its habit of flipping over stones, shells, and seaweed with its short wedge-shaped bill to snatch hidden invertebrates.

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

Arenaria

Species

Arenaria interpres