Western sandpiper
Calidris mauri

Size: 6.5 inches
Overall Color: gray
Occurrence: near water
Diet: insects, crustaceans
Nest: depression on ground
Field Identification: dark legs, long pointed bill;whitish, sometimes spotted breast;rufous crown, shoulders; flocks
Season: winter

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers: peeps)
Genus: Calidris
Species: mauri