Dunlin
(Calidris alpina)
Photographed in Ano Nuevo State Park, California by Jim Rosso.

This bird shows the Winter plumage. Spring plumage.

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Other members of the genus Calidris:
Sanderling
Red Knot
Pectoral Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper