Surfbird

Surfbird, Calidris virgata (cal-ID-ris ver-GAY-tah; genus: Lat., from Gr. kalidris, a speckled water bird; species name: Lat., twiggy, made of twigs, and streaked, in allusion to heavily streaked back and breast in summer plumage) is a species of sandpiper in the Scolopacidae family and is common along rocky Pacific shores in the winter.

It got its name, Surfbird, because it feeds at surf line when on coast, unmindful of flying spray.

A Pacific coast rocky shorebird, the bird is rather chunky, with a length of 25 cm.

Behaviour
They are often seen in the company of Black Turnstones.