- English Common Name
- Dunlin
- Scientific name
- Calidris alpina
- Taxonomy
- Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae
- Size
- About 20 cm
- Species Distribution
- Eurasia and Tundra regions. Calidris alpine comes to Japan as a migratory or winter bird.
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- This species visits Japan as a migratory or winter bird. To Okinawa, it mainly flies in as a winter bird. It inhabits tidelands, sandy shores, rivers, and paddy fields feeding on small crabs, lugworms, and the like.
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- Updated July 2018
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