Cox’s Sandpiper – (Calidris ferruginea x melanotos) is a rare and intriguing hybrid shorebird. The resulting offspring of a male Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) and a female Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea). Discovered in Australia in the 1950’s and originally identified as Australia’s first record of a Dunlin (Calidris alpina), a similar-looking migratory wader normally found … Continue reading Cox’s Sandpiper