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DISTINGUISHING MARKS
17-17 ½” (43-44 cm). A large, heavily built, blackish shorebird, with a straight red bill, flattened laterally. Legs a pale flesh color. Immature may have a black tip on the bill.
DISTRIBUTION
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HABITAT
Rocky coast, sea islets.
POINT OF INTEREST
A piercing, sharply repeated, whistled wheep! Or kleep! |
