Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds


Dunlin

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dunlin/overview

Scientific:
Calidris alpina arctica

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
Genus:
Calidris

Danish : Engryle, Sydlig Ryle

Length: 6.3-8.7 in (16-22 cm)

Weight: 1.7-2.3 oz (48-64 g)

Wingspan: 14.2-15.0 in (36-38 cm)

 

Tero Linjama, XC342358. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/342358


References:

Avibase The Wolrd Bird Database (2018). Calidris alpina arctica. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?lang=EN&avibaseid=15369E8EB4CBD064

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

Warnock, Nils D. and Robert E. Gill. 1996. Dunlin (Calidris alpina), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

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