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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. . Subruficollis breeds in the open arctic tundra of North America and is a very long-distance migrant, spending the ...

The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea ...

Wilson's Phalarope

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The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States.

Black Turnstone

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The Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) is a species of small wading bird. It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria, the Ruddy Turnstone (A. Interpres) being the other. It is ...

Ruddy Turnstone

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The Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly ...

Willet

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The Willet, Tringa semipalmata (formerly in the monotypic genus Catoptrophorus, as Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. Two subspecies (which may actually be ...

Wandering Tattler

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The Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana (formerly Heteroscelus incanus), is a medium-sized wading bird. In summer, they are found in Alaska and northwestern Canada. They nest in rocky areas along ...