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| On this page you will find photos of the shorebirds that we see most often on Long Island. The purpose here is to help with a quick identification. You can click on any of the photos to view a larger image in both summer & winter plumage & more identity tips. |
| SHOREBIRDS OF LI Shorebird photo on ID page is Piping Plover |
| Willet |
| LARGE SHOREBIRDS: (click on photo for more information on each bird) About size of crow or duck (14 - 23"), usually long legs & long bills, sometimes bill distinctive in shape or color, move slower than smaller birds |
| What to look for when identifying shorebirds: size, shape, long or short legs, long or short bill, long or short neck, habitat. |
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| Greater Yellowlegs |
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| Whimbrel |
| American Avocet |
| American Oystercatcher |
| MEDIUM SHOREBIRDS WITH LONG BILLS: (click on photo for more information on each bird) About size of robin or mourning dove (8 - 12"), bill about 1 1/2 to 2 times longer than head. |
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| Dunlin |
| Short-billed Dowitcher |
| Long-billed Dowitcher |
| MEDIUM SHOREBIRDS WITH MEDIUM BILLS: (click on photo for more info on each bird) About size of robin or mourning dove (8 - 12"), bill about as long as head. |
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| Red Knot |
| Lesser Yellowlegs |
| Purple Sandpiper |
| Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Solitary Sandpiper |
| MEDIUM SHOREBIRDS WITH SHORT BILLS: (click on photo for more info on each bird) About size of robin or mourning dove (8 - 12"), bill shorter than depth of head. |
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| Killdeer |
| Black-bellied Plover |
| Ruddy Turnstone |
| Upland Sandpiper |
| SMALL SHOREBIRDS : (click on photo for more info on each bird) About size of sparrow (6-8 "), look tiny from a distance, moving fast. Usually in shallow water or on beach.. |
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| Least Sandpiper |
| Piping Plover |
| Semipalmated Plover |
| Spotted Sandpiper |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| Sanderling |
| White-rumped Sandpiper |
| Western Sandpiper |
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| For information on photographers, click on photo |
| For more information on shorebirds, go to ENature.com |