Found along creeks and rivers above treeline, usually high in the mountains but also in lower foothhills in the north. Nests in gravel along streams.
Yukon: Widespread in alpine and tundra areas, except in the southeast.
North America: Breeds in the mountains of Alaska, Yukon, western NWT, northwestern BC, and northeastern Siberia.
Global: Winters along the Pacific coast from southern California to Ecuador, and in the South Pacific south to New Zealand.
Uniformly dark grey above, with whitish eyebrow; long, dark bill; and dull yellow legs. In breeding plumage underparts are heavily barred. Call is a ringing “kree-kree-kree.”
Animal | Bird |
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Bird | Shore Birds (Charadriiformes) |
Color | grey, yellow |