Spoon-billed Sandpiper Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Calidris pygmaea
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a tiny shorebird with a spoon-shaped bill (adult bird length approximately 17 cm, wing 10 cm, bill 2.2 cm,spoon 1.1 cm, tarsus 2.1 cm, tail 3.8 cm). The non-breeding adult looks pale grey with a white supercilium, forehead and underparts. Its belly remains white. In breeding plumage its face, throat, neck and breast turn chestnut. It feeds invertebrates from the surface keeping its bill to the surface in a vibrating motion. It has a feeding style characterized by a side-to-side movement of its bill while walking forward with its head lowered. During the months of June and July, this species nests along coastal areas in the tundra, specifically selecting spots with grass near freshwater pools.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Tringa ochropus
(Green Sandpiper) -
Lymnocryptes minimus
(Jack Snipe) -
Tringa stagnatilis
(Marsh Sandpiper) -
Tringa nebularia
(Common Greenshank) -
Limosa lapponica
(Bar‑tailed Godwit) -
Scolopax rusticola
(Eurasian Woodcock) -
Calidris subminuta
(Long‑toed Stint) -
Calidris temminckii
(Temminck's Stint) -
Calidris alpina
(Dunlin) -
Gallinago stenura
(Pintail Snipe)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jens Kirkeby(www.xeno-canto.org/Jens Kirkeby), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jens Kirkeby(www.xeno-canto.org/Jens Kirkeby), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.