About This Species
A small, plump shorebird with a distinctive single black chest band, orange legs, and short stubby bill. Common along beaches and mudflats.
Fun Facts
- Run-stop-peck: Uses a distinctive foraging behavior of running, stopping suddenly, then pecking at prey.
- Partial webbing: Like the Semipalmated Sandpiper, it has partial webbing between its toes.
- Arctic breeder: Nests on tundra and gravel areas in the Arctic and subarctic.
- Broken-wing display: Adults feign injury to lure predators away from their nests.
