Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) - HBW 3, p. 529
French: Bécasseau falcinelle
German: Sumpfläufer
Spanish: Correlimos Falcinelo
Taxonomy: Scolopax Falcinellus Pontoppidan, 1763, Denmark.
Occasionally included in Calidris. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) - Scandinavia and NW Russia; winters from E & S Africa through Arabia to W & S India and Sri Lanka.
- sibirica Dresser, 1876 - Taymyr, and R Lena E to R Kolyma; winters from NE India through SE Asia, Philippines and Indonesia to Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging on the mud Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp falcinellus)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2006 4 years ago 1 min 23 sec 4.7 -
A bird opening its bill Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp falcinellus)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2006 4 years ago 11 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp falcinellus)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A bird resting Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp falcinellus)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2006 4 years ago 45 sec 4.5 -
A bird shaking its plumage Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp falcinellus)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 4.3 -
A bird seen from the back Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp falcinellus)
Eric Roualet 4 June 2006 4 years ago 29 sec 4.2
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On The Beach
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 24 August 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
Locality Gujarat, India
deomurari 20 November 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
adult (?) winter
Locality Salalah, Dhofar, Oman
Hervé MICHEL 1 January 2009 2 years ago 3 -
Altogether about 10 birds. This one was about 10 yds away.
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
Stuart Gray 2 September 2010 1 year ago 1.8
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