Rock Sandpiper
Calidris ptilocnemis
Family: Sandpipers and allies
Rock Sandpiper is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
It often feeds up to its breast in water, and often swims.
The male makes several scrapes; the female chooses one and lays 4 eggs.
It is a small shorebird in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.