Dunlin

suosirri · Calidris alpina

Family: Scolopacidae (Kurpat) · Size: 17–21 cm

The dunlin is a small wader in the genus Calidris. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality.

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