Dunlin
Lowest risk
Migratory
The dunlin is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–2. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alpina is from Latin and means "of high mountains", in this case referring to the Alps.
- Range mass
- 45 to 65 g
- Range length
- 16 to 22 cm
- Range wingspan
- 32 to 44 cm
- Breeding interval
- Dunlins breed once yearly and usually only produce one clutch.
- Breeding season
- These birds breed from late May to mid-July.
- Range eggs per season
- 3 (low)
- Average eggs per season
- 4
- Range time to hatching
- 21 to 22 days
- Average fledging age
- 19 days
- Range time to independence
- 1 to 24 hours
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1-2 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 1-2 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 28 (high) years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 5.4 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 5.4 years
Karpinen, L. 2014. "Calidris alpina" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Calidris_alpina/
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