Pectoral Sandpiper
Alaskasnipe
Calidris melanotos

Male Pectoral Sandpiper in Öygarden, western Norway 22 June 2006. Note the large breast sac. Males use it for making their characteristic hooting sound during courtship. This was only the fourth county record.

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Listen to the hooting sound of a displaying Pectoral Sandpiper from Barrow in Alaska in 1976 here (MP3). Recording kindly provided by Pete Myers.