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Migration

Migratory, with most birds spending the nonbreeding season in Africa. Some individuals breeding in northeastern Siberia migrate as far as South Africa, a 15,000 km (9,300 mile) one-way trip. Males migrate earlier than females and young birds in both spring and fall, and they winter farther north.

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Sandpipers and Allies(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Scolopacidae)

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