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Common Name

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Alternate Names

Common Type

Sandpiper

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Calidris

Species

pusilla

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

KS, Turks

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in tudra, feeds in wetlands

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Arctic North America; winters in coastal South America

Food

Forage on wet meadows or mud flats by sight and by jabbing for aquatic insects and small crustaceans.

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