Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Phalaropes)
Genus: Actitis
Species: Macularia
Updated September 2 2011
Spotted Sandpiper (sexes similar) - approx. 19 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2011
Solitary Sandpiper (sexes similar) - approx. 22 cm
Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Phalaropes)
Genus: Tringa
Species: Solitaria
Updated August 10 2008
Solitary Sandpiper (sexes similar) - approx. 22 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2007
Least Sandpiper (sexes similar) - approx. 15 cm
Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Phalaropes)
Genus: Calidris
Species: Minutilla
Least Sandpiper (sexes similar) - approx. 15 cm - Samuel Smith Park - May 2010
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Greater Yellowlegs (juvenile) - approx. 32 cm
Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Phalaropes)
Genus: Tringa
Species: Melanoleuca
Larger than Lesser Yellowlegs (T. flavipes) with a longer
bill (Greater's is significantly longer than the head,
Lesser's is about the same size as the head) - the light
colour of the base of the bill marks this one as a juvenile
bill (Greater's is significantly longer than the head,
Lesser's is about the same size as the head) - the light
colour of the base of the bill marks this one as a juvenile
Updated August 3 2011
Greater Yellowlegs (juvenile) - approx. 32 cm - West Don Valley (G. Ross Lord Park) - September 2007
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Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) - approx. 16 cm
Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Phalaropes)
Genus: Actitis
Species: Macularia
Updated September 2 2011
Spotted Sandpiper (juvenile) - approx. 16 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2010
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds)
Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Phalaropes)
Genus: Calidris
Species: Alba
Updated September 19 2011
Sanderling (juvenile) - approx. 20 cm - Toronto Islands - September 2011
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
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