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Scientific Name : Calidris ferruginea
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Coast and Rivers
Description : The Curlew Sandpiper is a small shorebird with a long, slender, down-curved bill (adult bird length approximately 20 cm, weight 45 g, wing 13 cm, bill 4 cm, tarsus 3 cm, tail 5 cm). In the non-breeding season, it looks greyish-brown from above and white from below. It has a prominent white supercilium. It feeds on worms and other tiny invertebrates. The curlew sandpiper breeds from June to late August. The male performs aerial displays during courtship. Nesting occurs at the edge of marshes or pools, or on dry patches of tundra. The average clutch size is 3.8 eggs, laid daily. The female incubates the eggs for 19-20 days, and then cares for the chicks for 14-16 days.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Gallinago megala
(Swinhoe's Snipe) -
Tringa glareola
(Wood Sandpiper) -
Calidris canutus
(Red Knot) -
Arenaria interpres
(Ruddy Turnstone) -
Limnodromus semipalmatus
(Asian Dowitcher) -
Calidris tenuirostris
(Great Knot) -
Numenius arquata
(Eurasian Curlew) -
Calidris minuta
(Little Stint) -
Gallinago gallinago
(Common Snipe) -
Calidris falcinellus
(Broad‑billed Sandpiper)
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:Frans Vandewalle (iNaturalist user);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), 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:Frans Vandewalle (iNaturalist user);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Frank Lambert(www.xeno-canto.org/Frank Lambert), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.