22 cm (9") Rare. Eurasian bird. May turn up throughout North America.
Long downcurved bill.
Breeding: rich brick red on back and underneath suggesting a Red Knot.
Fall, winter: looks like a fall Dunlin but white rump is conspicuous in flight.
Song: soft "chirrup"
Stilt Sandpiper
Red Knot
Great Knot
Purple Sandpiper
Rock Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Least Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Dunlin
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Sanderling