Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

The sandpiper which is scientifically named Calidris pusilla during breeding season lives on the coast of Hudson Bay to the coast of northern Alaska. During non breeding season, the sandpiper migrates to coastal South America, the Caribbeans, and central America. An example of habitat the sandpiper lives in is the salt marsh. The classification of a sand piper is domain Eukarya, its kingdom is Animalia, its phylum is Chordata, and its class is Aves. Its order is Charadriiformes, its family is Scolopacidae, its genus is Calidris, and its species is Calidris pusilla. The sandpiper has bilateral symmetry, it is endothermic, and it is also heterotrophic. The average length of a sandpiper is about 14 centimeters. They are brown and white they are also usually speckled. The sandpiper has two structural adaptations which are that it is very speedy because of its long legs so it can run away from predators and that it  is. Another example of a structural adaptation for a sandpiper is the color of it, since they are speckled they look like the sand so they can camouflage very well. Lastly, a behavioral adaptation of a sandpiper is that when it migrates it migrates in large groups for predator defense. An interesting fact about the sandpiper is that it can live in the tundra! Predators of the sandpiper include merlins, snowy owls, and falcons. Prey of the sandpiper includes insects, mollusks, and worms. I have highly enjoyed researching this organism.

I found this image at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalmated_sandpiper