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Broad-Billed Sandpiper

அகன்ற அலகு உள்ளான்

Calidris falcinellus

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Broad-Billed Sandpiper
Sreedev Puthur · CC BY-SA 4.0

Overview

The broad-billed sandpiper is a small wader. The scientific specific name falcinellus is the diminutive from Latin falx, falcis, "a small sickle". It was formerly treated in its own monospecific genus Limicola, but this was found to be embedded within the wider genus Calidris, into which it was transferred in 2004.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Broad-billed sandpiper — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): அகன்ற அலகு உள்ளான் — CC BY-SA 4.0