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Broad-billed Sandpiper
Limicola falcinellus
(L. f. falcinellus)
| Armenian Name: | Տիղմակտցար |
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See Plate 30 for Broad-billed Sandpiper and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Migrant |
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| Abundance: | Rare |
| Length: | 16-17 cm, Wing Span:37-39 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 143. |
| Description: | Bill with downward kink near tip; green-gray legs and split supercilium. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Blackish-brown upperparts with whitish lines on back; neck and breast heavily streaked with brown, white belly. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Pale gray above; white below with lightly streaked breast. Supercilium and eyestripe remain prominent. |
| Juvenile: | Like breeding adult but with pale edges on upperparts; breast less streaked. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Dunlin and Curlew Sandpiper by down-kinked bill, shorter stouter legs, and split supercilium. |
| Behavior: | Single birds usually found in groups of other small shorebirds. Wades freely but does not swim. |
| Habitat: | Muddy shores of ponds and lakes, often with vegetation. |
| Food: | Aquatic invertebrates. |
