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Calidris alpina (Dunlin)
Bontstrandloper [Afrikaans]; Arctische bonte
strandloper [Dutch]; Bécasseau variable [French]; Alpenstrandläufer [German];
Pilrito-comum [Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Scolopacidae
Distribution and habitat
Breeds in the circumpolar region above 55° North,
dispersing in the non-breeding season to coasts further south up to the area
north of the equator, such as between Guinea and Sudan in Africa. It is a rare
vagrant further south, including to southern Africa, where it has been sighted
five times: twice at the Western Cape coast, once at central Namibia's coast and
twice inland in north-eastern South Africa. It generally prefers coastal
mudflats, pans and lagoons, occasionally occurring further inland at lakes,
dams, river flood plains and flooded pastures.
Threats
Not threatened.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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