Dunlin
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The dunlin is a small wader, formerly sometimes separated with the other "stints" in the genus Erolia. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Calidris alpina
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Mass: 1.8 oz
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
Order: Charadriiformes
Phylum: Chordata
Source: Encyclopedia of Life