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| Photographed at Miranda, North Island, New Zealand, April, 2019 |
(* 499) PECTORAL SANDPIPER Caladris melanotos
NEW ZEALAND 119
Rare Arctic migrant. Breeds in Arctic North America. Migrates to South America. A few reach NZ each summer, often with Sharp-tailed Sandpipers on open marsh-turf flats of coastal lakes, especially Lake Wairarapa and Ellesmere, or in low-growing salt marsh of estuaries.
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