Broad-billed Sandpiper

Calidris falcinellus - Bécasseau falcinelle

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Calidris
Species
:
falcinellus

Descriptor

Pontoppidan, 1763

Biometrics

Size
: 18 cm
Wingspan
: 34 à 37 cm.
Weight
: 30 à 45 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Calidris falcinellus falcinellus (n Europe to nw Siberia)
Calidris falcinellus sibirica (ne Siberia)

Foreign names

Bécasseau falcinelle,
Correlimos falcinelo,
pilrito-de-bico-grosso,
Sumpfläufer,
sárjáró,
Breedbekstrandloper,
Gambecchio frullino,
myrsnäppa,
Fjellmyrløper,
brehárik ploskozobý,
jespáček ploskozobý,
Kærløber,
jänkäsirriäinen,
Breëbekstrandloper,
territ becadell,
Efjutíta,
biegus płaskodzioby,
dūņšņibītis,
ploskokljunec,
Грязовик,
Kedidi paruh-lebar,
キリアイ,
阔嘴鹬,
นกชายเลนปากกว้าง,
寬嘴鷸〔闊嘴鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Tundra Wetlands (incl.

pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites, Wastewater Treatment Areas, Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land