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Shorebird Adaptations:

LEGS

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Body Length

~23-27cm

Red Knot

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Body Length

~43-46cm

Whimbrel

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Body Length

~18-20cm

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

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Body Length

~43-47cm

American

Avocet

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Body Length

~23-27cm

Lesser

Yellowlegs

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Body Length

~20-28cm

Killdeer

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Body Length

~40-44cm

American

Oystercatcher

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Body Length

~16-21cm

Ruddy

Turnstone

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Body Length

~15-18cm

Semipalmated

Sandpiper

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Body Length

~22-24cm

Wilson’s

Phalarope

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Body Length

~36-42cm

Hudsonian

Godwit

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Body Length

~14-17cm

Western

Sandpiper