English: Common Sandpiper
Russian: Перевозчик
Mongolian: Эгэл хайргынхөгчүү, Хайргын хөгчүү
German: Flussuferlaufer
French: Chevalier guignette
Japanese: イソシギ (Iso-shigi)
Body length: 19-21 cm
Wing span: 38-41 cm
Breeding visitor
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 4 (occasionally 3, 5)
Egg colour: Creamy-buff with dark
reddish-brown speckles, spots.
Brood: 1 per year
Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least Concern
Food: Adult and larval arthropods, molluscs,
crustaceans and annelids.
Habitat: Nests at the edges of streams,
rivers, lakes, and pools, usually of clear water in wooded an open areas of
mountain taiga forests, forest steppe and valleys of large rivers and lakes. The
nest is a shallow hollow on the ground, often by or slightly under some
herbage, scantily lined with grasses.