Family: |
Scolopacidae (sandpipers) |
Max. size: |
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Environment: |
others; brackish; marine |
Distribution: |
Pacific: Pitcairn and Kermadec Islands. |
Diagnosis: |
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Biology: |
Found on the beach (Ref. 87921) and shoreline (Ref. 116102). Associated with the louse Nirmus obtusus in Clipperton Island and the Galápagos (Ref. 95205). Visual continuous foraging strategy, utilizing salt-marsh fringes and bare flats to feed on epifaunal macrobenthos (Ref. 95303). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
(LC); Date assessed: 01 October 2016 Ref. 123251)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
Country info: |
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