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Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla   - Juvenile
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Photographer : © Jim Almond
Location :Dawlish Warren, Somerset, UK
Date : 4 September 2008
English synonyms:Oxeye, Semi-palmated Sandpiper
Bird Family :Tringinae - Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Sandpipers, Tattlers, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff & Phalaropes
Bird Group :CICONIIFORMES
Red Data Status :Near Threatened
Remarks :Image showing the diagnostic semipalmation (partial webbing) between the outer and middle as well as inner and middle toes, which the species is named for.