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| Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
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| Photographer : | © Khaleel Chovva |
| Location : | a coastal laterite hillock, Madayippara, Kerala, India |
| Date : |
22 September 2013 |
| English synonyms: | American Pectoral Sandpiper, Grass Snipe |
| Bird Family : | Tringinae - Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Sandpipers, Tattlers, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff & Phalaropes |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | It is considered to be the first sighting in South India. Mr. PC Rajeevan could spot the bird first, and myself and Jayan could record it in the camera. I could sight and snap the first photo of Pectoral sandpiper on 19th
September afternoon and the bird was with a flock of Lesser Sandplovers and Little Stints. We could observe the bird and take photo on 21st and 22nd also. - KC |
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