| Family: |
Scolopacidae (sandpipers) |
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| Environment: |
others; marine |
| Distribution: |
Northeast Pacific: Salish Sea. Temperate to polar. |
| Diagnosis: |
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| Biology: |
Found on beach, shoreline, bay and nearshore (Ref. 116102). Feeds in unvegetated and gently sloped lake shoreline, in shallow water, and in marshes; in humid to dry sub-humid climate; in moderately saline waters typical of North American prairie marshes. Feed mostly on invertebrates; mostly chironomid larvae. (Ref. 95161). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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