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Image details: |
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Image Description: |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Image notes: |
This is the most frequent American wader seen in Europe |
Species in Image: |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Date: |
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Area: |
Yell |
Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc00725 |
General details: |
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Common Name |
Pectoral Sandpiper |
Latin Name |
Calidris melanotos |
Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews & Phalaropes |
Description |
Rare Migrant from North America or Siberia. Since 1970 61 have been recorded in Shetland. Photographed Monday 8 Jun 1981, Sellafirth, Yell. |
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