Painted

1910

Published

1930

Volume

4

Plate

238

Sharptail Sandpiper

Pisobia aurita

This Asiatic bird sometimes occurs on the Pribilof Islands in the Autumn. Nelson states they usually associate with Pectoral Sandpipers, sometimes in small flocks but single birds are often flushed. They are not shy, and fly with a twisting flight, uttering a short metallic pleep, pleep, returning near the spot where they arose after a circuitous trip.

BREEDING

RANGE

Eastern Alaska. Casual in British Columbia and Washington.

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