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Calidris alpina
Winter plumage - brown on top and white underneath. The legs and slightly decurved bill are black. There are a number of subspecies differing mainly in the extent of rufous colouration in the breeding plumage and the bill length. Bill length varies between sexes, the females having longer bills than the males.
Spotted at Bottle Beach State Park.
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