Birds and wildlife

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotosGroup: Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropesUK Conservation status:Not assessed

How to identify

The Pectoral Sandpiper is a bit bigger than a Dunlin. It has a brown, streaky breast, white belly, a slightly downcurved bill and yellow-brown legs. The brown breastband (which gives the species its name) and white belly are its most distinctive features. It is a visitor from America.

Key

  1. Resident
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* This map is intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.
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