Calidris ferruginea

Calidris ferruginea, the curlew sandpiper, is a migratory shorebird of the family Scolopacidae that breeds in Siberian tundra and winters in Africa, South Asia, and Australia. Fossil material from Greece documents its Pleistocene presence in the eastern Mediterranean. It probes soft intertidal sediments for invertebrates with its long, decurved bill. Its striking rufous breeding plumage gives the species its name. Population declines are linked to habitat loss along its flyway.