dunlin,
erolia alpina,
red-backed sandpiper small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
