Close-up of a female coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating

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Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Least Concern

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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) video

Recorded 15 July 2008
Added to IBC 51 weeks 4 days ago
Author Laurent Demongin
Location Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species).
Duration 47 sec

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Close-up of a female coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating

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The video was taken during an international scientific expedition with the objective of monitoring the breeding success of the birds nesting in the tundra.

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