Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

Sitio realizado por aficionados a la observación de aves desde 10 de enero 2006

Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus

Order: Charadriiformes - Family: Scolopacidae Status: Boreal Migrant- Rare. Habitat: Ponds

Shorebird coming from the Northern Hemisphere to spend summer. It is nost commonly seen in its basic plumage or changing into it.
All records since January 2014
Adult
Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper© Roberto Ares
Basic plumage: Greyish upperparts and white underparts. (Here already vanishing the profusedly barring on belly). Neck and breast with grey streaking. White eyebrow. Long black bill slightly decurved. Long olive-yellowish legs.
Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper© Jorge García Vicente
Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper© Hugo Hulsberg
With Lesser Yellowlegs (left) to whom it resembles much
More photographic records since January 2013
Previous records
Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper10-2006 © Jorge García Vicente Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper10-2006 © Jorge García Vicente
Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper8-2006 © Roberto Ares Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper8-2006 © Roberto Ares
Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper10-2005 © Alberto Gurni Playero zancudo/Stilt Sandpiper10-2005 © Alberto Gurni