Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Curlew Sandpiper, a reference photo — Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in the bogs and coastal lowlands of the Siberian Arctic, arriving there in June and staying until August or September. After the breeding season, it migrates south to spend the winter in Africa and along the coasts of Oceania and southern Eurasia, occupying tidal mudflats and saltpans.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Curlew Sandpiper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Calidris himantopus
Calidris alpina
Calidris tenuirostris
Calidris falcinellus
Calidris canutus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
Species: Calidris ferruginea

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