The Broad-billed Sandpiper

Broad-billed Sandpiper is a bird drawing by Artmagenta
Broad-billed Sandpiper

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The Broad-billed Sandpipers (Limicola falcinellus) are nesting on the taiga of northern Scandinavia and Siberia. They are a typical migratory birds that winter in East Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australasia.

The Broad-billed Sandpiper forage on muddy coasts and in wetlands. It picks food with it's beak and locates it with vision. It feeds mainly on insects and small invertebrates.