In non-breeding plumages, this Eurasian species resembles a Dunlin, but note the longer black legs, longer wings that extend beyond the tail, thinner, more evenly decurved bill, and white rump. Alternate Male: Bright chestnut face and underparts are distinctive. Upperparts are mottled rufous, black, and white, with plain gray wing coverts. Undertail and vent are bright white extending onto the lower flanks. Alternate Female: Similar to male, but paler overall with more black and white barring on underparts. Basic Adult: Plain gray-brown upperparts with whitish supercilium. Underparts are white with indistinct streaking on breast. Juvenile: Like basic adult, but darker upperparts with pale feather edges creating a bold scaly pattern. Underparts are white. Breast shows buffy wash and very little streaking.

Length: 19 (cm) Wingspan: 37 (cm)

Voice:

Call is an emphatic trill, lower in the middle: chi-rr-rip.

Habitat:

Breeds on tundra. In migration, uses coastal and freshwater mudflats, beaches, lake edges.

Behavior:

Feeding:

Feeds in deeper water than Dunlin, often submerging entire head.