page_title: Curlew sandpiper
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Curlew sandpiper / Description
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ei von Sichelstrandläufer. Sammlung von Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.English&#x3a;&#32; Egg of Curlew Sandpiper. Collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de Bécasseau cocorli. Collection de Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.
context_page_description: The curlew sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ferruginea is from Latin ferrugo, ferruginis, "iron rust" referring to its colour in breeding plumage.
  It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australia and New Zealand. It is a vagrant to North America.
context_section_description: These birds are small waders, similar to dunlins, but differ in having a longer down-curved beak, longer neck and legs and a white rump. They have a length of 18–23 cm (7.1–9.1 in) and wingspan of 38–41 cm (15–16 in). The breeding adult has patterned dark grey upperparts and brick-red underparts. In winter, this bird is pale grey above and white below, and shows an obvious white supercilium. Juveniles have a grey and brown back, a white belly and a peach-coloured breast.
caption: Calidris ferruginea  – MHNT
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