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Pectoral SandpiperAlternate name(s): "Pouter Shorebird" Size: 18-24 cm; wing span 42-49 cm Weight: 50-115 g |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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NON-BREEDING |
Frontal view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Gold Scrub Lane, Lake Samsonvale, QLD, December 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Gold Scrub Lane, Lake Samsonvale, QLD, December 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Moseley Swamp, Lord Howe Island, November 2014]
Near-lateral view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Norfolk Island, December 2008]
Lateral view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
[Ca. 30 km S of Mungindi, NSW, February 2023]
Lateral view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Gold Scrub Lane, Lake Samsonvale, QLD, December 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Pectoral Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Gold Scrub Lane, Lake Samsonvale, QLD, December 2019]
Cox's Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos x ferruginea
Pectoral Sandpipers and Curlew Sandpipers can hybridize. The hybrids are called "Cox's Sandpiper".
M. Eaton reports finding a Cox's Sandpiper at the Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, in March 2019.
Identification of Cox's Sandpiper is made based on the bill, the streaked front and the white undertail coverts. The bill is very similar to a Curlew Sandpiper's but usually shorter, possibly also less curved. The front down to the chest is streaked like a Pectoral Sandpiper, with a sharp cut-off at the chest. The all-white undertail coverts distinguish Cox's Sandpiper from the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
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NON-BREEDING |
Near-lateral view of a Cox's Sandpiper in transitional
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Cox's Sandpiper in transitional
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Cox's Sandpiper in transitional
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Frontal view of a Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage,
right, with a non-breeding
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Near-frontal view of Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Near-lateral view of Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Lateral view of a Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage,
right, with a non-breeding
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage,
right, with a non-breeding
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]
Dorsal/ventral view of Cox's Sandpiper in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Kianawah Road Wetland, Wynnum, QLD, March 2019]