| Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla |
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San José, Lambayeque, Peru October 2018 The Least Sandpiper breeds in the subarctic tundra and boreal forest of North America and migrates on a broad front through Canada to overwinter in the southern United States and northern South America. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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As its name implies it is a very small sandpiper with a slightly drooping black bill and dull, yellowish legs (which can appear darker when wading in mud). It is also never so grey as its congeners. | |||
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