Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Males inflate a fat throat sac and make a hooting sound across the tundra. Courier with a built-in subwoofer.
- Populasi
- Roughly 4-15 million mature individuals (best estimate ~8-15 million); population trend unknown
- Habitat
- Breeds on Arctic tundra, usually in wet, boggy areas; on migration and in winter uses freshwater and brackish marshes, wet grasslands/meadows, coastal lagoons, and flooded agricultural fields (occasionally to 4,500 m in the Andes)
- Fakta menarik
- During courtship, male Pectoral Sandpipers inflate an air sac in the chest/throat to puff up their breast and produce a low hooting sound as they fly low over the tundra to attract mates.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the Arctic from Russia's Taymyr Peninsula through Alaska and Arctic Canada; migrates through North and Central America; winters mainly in South America (Peru to Patagonia), with some birds reaching Australia and New Zealand; occasional vagrant to Western Europe and North Africa
- Makanan
- Mainly arthropods and other invertebrates - insects and their larvae (e.g. flies), spiders, and small crustaceans - plus some seeds
- Ukuran
- 0,21 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,41 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
