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pectoral sandpiper

A New World sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) with brownish streaks on the upper part of the breast. The male inflates its breast during courtship.

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pectoral sandpiper - American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

Calidris melanotos, jacksnipe

sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

Calidris, genus Calidris - a genus of Scolopacidae

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Calidris Calidris melanotos genus Calidris Grass snipe jacksnipe peep sandpiper			Spotted redshanks were at Porthmadog's Llyn Bach and Morfa Madryn near Llanfairfechan, and two pectoral sandpipers were on the border at RSPB Inner Marsh Farm. bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) In August 1988, a year when low water generated extensive mudflats, 1150 Pectoral Sandpipers were counted at the site. Birds of the Grand Calumet River basin by Brock, Kenneth J. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Pectoral sandpipers breed in North America and Siberia but are extending their range. bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			pectinate Pectinate claw Pectinately Pectination Pectineal pectines pectinesterase Pectinibranch Pectinibranchia Pectinibranchiata Pectinibranchiate Pectinidae Pectiniform pectize Pectolite pectoral pectoral arch Pectoral cross pectoral fin Pectoral fins pectoral girdle pectoral medallion pectoral muscle Pectoral rail pectoral sandpiper pectoral sandpipers pectoral vein pectoralis pectoralis major pectoralis minor Pectorally Pectoriloquial pectoriloquism Pectoriloquous pectoriloquy pectose Pectosic Pectostraca Pectous Pectus Pecul peculate peculation Peculator peculiar peculiar people peculiar velocity peculiarity Peculiarize peculiarly Peculiarness			pectoral girdles pectoral girdles pectoral limb pectoral limb pectoral limb pectoral m pectoral m pectoral m pectoral medallion pectoral muscle pectoral muscle pectoral muscle, greater pectoral muscle, greater pectoral muscle, greater pectoral muscle, smaller pectoral muscle, smaller pectoral muscle, smaller Pectoral muscles Pectoral muscles Pectoral muscles pectoral myopathy pectoral myopathy pectoral myopathy pectoral nerve Pectoral rail pectoral region pectoral region pectoral region pectoral region pectoral sandpiper pectoral sandpipers pectoral vein pectoral vein Pectorales Pectorales Pectorales Pectorales muscles Pectorales muscles Pectorales muscles pectoralgia pectoralis pectoralis pectoralis pectoralis major pectoralis major pectoralis major Pectoralis major muscle Pectoralis major muscle Pectoralis major muscle Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Flap pectoralis minor pectoralis minor pectoralis minor Pectoralis minor muscle Pectoralis minor muscle Pectoralis minor muscle Pectorally Pectorals Pectorals Pectorals Pectoriloquial

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