Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Rentan
Flies nonstop from the Arctic to Argentina. Your message takes the longest single hop in shorebird-dom.
- Populasi
- ~6.2 million mature individuals (range ~3.27–9.07 million), decreasing
- Habitat
- Breeds on wet Arctic tundra; during migration and winter uses mudflats, beaches, river banks, flooded fields, salt marshes, and estuaries, mostly below 450 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- The White-rumped Sandpiper undertakes one of the longest migrations of any bird in the Americas, flying from the Canadian Arctic to southern South America and sometimes covering roughly 2,500 miles in a single nonstop flight.
- Sebaran
- Breeds in Arctic Canada and northernmost Alaska; migrates through eastern North America and over the Atlantic/Amazon basin to winter mainly along the coasts of southern South America (Patagonia, Argentina, Chile)
- Makanan
- Aquatic invertebrates — molluscs, crustaceans, polychaete/annelid worms, and insects — plus seeds and moss taken opportunistically
- Ukuran
- 0,165 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,37 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
