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Red-necked Stint
[Calidris ruficollis]
[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 14 in.]
Red-necked Stints breed in the high Arctic of northcentral and northwestern Siberia.
They are common migrants along the Pacific coast of Asia, but rare vagrants in western Alaska.
This one, in full breeding plumage, was photographed in Henderson Marsh on Attu Island in Alaska, USA.
Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 200 film.
(Date: May 1984)
(use image name "sandrn" for inquiries)
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