Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)
Range: new world north
of tropics, old world north of equator. There are a number of subspecies,
although the exact taxonomy is uncertain.
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C. a. alpina (Greenland gp)
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C. a. schinzii (European gp)
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C. a. hudsonia (North American gp)
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C. a. pacifica (North American gp)
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C. a. sakhalina (eastern Siberia)
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C. a. centralis (central Siberia)
Fig. 1 Adult basic-plumage. Presumbed to be C.
a. hudsonia based on range.
Note the rust-colored edges to a couple of scapulars.
A relatively long-billed individual.

Again, a few scapulars have rusty edges.
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