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Surfbird

The surfbird (Calidris virgata) is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, and placed in the monotypic genus Aphriza, but is now placed in the genus Calidris.

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Surfbird

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Edges51
Triples72
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Surfbird

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related to Taxonomy · 27
Surfbird → Alaska, Ancient Greek, Aphriza, Arenariinae, Aristotle, Blasius Merrem, Calidris, Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, English, German, Gmelin, He, Indeed, It, James Cook's, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, John James Audubon, John Latham, Latin, More
related to Distribution and habitat · 22
Surfbird → Alaska, Along, August, Chile, During, Falkland Islands, Florida, July, Kodiak Island, Magellan, March, North American, October, On, Peru, Some, South America, Straits, Texas, The
related to Diet and feeding · 8
Surfbird → Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, On, Other, Seeds, The
related to Breeding · 7
Surfbird → Both, Clutch, Dryas, May, Nesting, Nests, The
related to Description · 5
Surfbird → August, It, March, Surfbirds, The
related to External links · 2
Surfbird → Society's BirdWeb, Surfbird Information Seattle Audubon
is a · 1
Surfbird → large sandpiper

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breeding birds genus calidris turnstones alaska found rocky white habitat species eggs plumage virgata placed small breast monotypic family aphriza

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Surfbirdis alarge sandpiper0.90text
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingThe0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingMay0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingNesting0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingNests0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingDryas0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingClutch0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to BreedingBoth0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to DescriptionIt0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to DescriptionSurfbirds0.60section
Surfbirdrelated to DescriptionMarch0.60section

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