Purple
Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Range: coastal northwestern Eurasia and eastern
North America
Fig. 6. Typical Purple Sandpiper habitat. Barnacle and mussel encrusted
rocks forming a jetty. Breezy Point, Queens County, New York.
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