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Dunlin![]() Size: 17-21 cm; wing span 32-36 cm Weight: 45-65 g |
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See Dunlin
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Photos |
Race "alpina"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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BREEDING |
Near-lateral view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Tromso airport, Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
Lateral view of a hunched Dunlin in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Tromso airport, Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
Near-dorsal view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Near Tromso airport, Tromso, Norway, June 2018]
Race "schinzii"
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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BREEDING |
Frontal view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage;
note that the belly patch of race "schinzii" is not
solid-black
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, April 2019]
Frontal view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas do Brito, Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]
Near-lateral view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas do Brito, Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]
Lateral view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas do Brito, Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Dunlin in breeding
plumage, left,
with a Curlew
Sandpiper moulting into non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas do Brito, Tejo estuary, Portugal, July 2019]
Small flock of Dunlins, mostly in breeding
plumage,
together with a few other waders
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, April 2018]
Lateral view of Dunlins in breeding
plumage,
in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Lagoa de Obidos, Obidos, Leiria, Portugal, May 2022]
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NON-BREEDING |
Near-frontal view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
taking a bath
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Palhais, Barreiro, Setubal, Portugal, December 2017]
Lateral view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Palhais, Barreiro, Setubal, Portugal, January 2018]
Lateral view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Palhais, Barreiro, Setubal, Portugal, December 2017]
Lateral view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
roosting together with a flock of
Common Ringed Plovers
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Montijo, Palhais, Setubal, Portugal, March 2019]
Near-dorsal view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
spreading its wings
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Herdade do Esporao, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Evora, Portugal, January 2023]
Flock of roosting waders, almost all of which are Dunlins in
non-breeding plumage
and juveniles
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Portugal, March 2018]
Three Dunlins in non-breeding
plumage in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Moita do Ribatejo, Setubal, Portugal, November 2018]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Frontal view of a juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
Near-frontal view of a Dunlin; the brown around the head and neck
and the black spots down the front and flanks indicate that this
is a juvenile (photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
Near-lateral view of a juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
Near-lateral view of a juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
Lateral view of a juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
Lateral view of a juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
Lateral view of a juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Tejo estuary, Salinas do Vasa Sacos, Benavente, Santarem, Portugal,
August 2022]
Lateral view of a snoozing juvenile Dunlin
(photo courtesy of G. Pinelas)
[Lagoa de Albufeira, near Sesimbra, Setubal, Portugal, October 2017]
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Behaviour |
Outside the breeding season Dunlins can form substantial flocks.
Flock of Dunlins in non-breeding
plumage
in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sado estuary, Portugal, January 2023]
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Food, Diet |
Near-lateral view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
digging up something
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas da Fuseta, Olhao, Faro, ALgarve, Portugal, November 2021]
Close-up near-lateral view of a Dunlin in non-breeding
plumage
gobbling up its prey
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Salinas da Fuseta, Olhao, Faro, ALgarve, Portugal, November 2021]