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The 15.5–16.5 cm (6.1–6.5 in) long Tuamotu sandpiper is a small, short-winged, mottled brown bird with more or less barred underparts. Its short sharp beak is more like that of an insectivorous passerine than a wader. There are two colour morphs which intergrade. Pale birds are medium brown above and white below, with light barring or spotting on the breast and whitish streaking on the head. The bold supercilium and the chin are also white. The rectrices are brown with white tips and white triangular markings on the outer webs.
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When to see the Tuamotu Sandpiper
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tuamotu Sandpiper
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Tuamotu Sandpiper
The Tuamotu sandpiper is an endangered member of the large wader family Scolopacidae, that is endemic to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Aechmorhynchus. In the local Tuamotuan language, it is apparently called kivi-kivi.
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Easily confused with
Javan WoodcockScolopax saturataThe Javan woodcock is a small, dark bird with a long bill, resembling the widespread Eurasian woodcock but significantly smaller, and with darker plumage.
Sulawesi WoodcockScolopax celebensisThe Sulawesi woodcock also known as Celebes woodcock, is a medium-sized wader.
Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandiiThis 30–32 cm long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader.
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