Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) , These medium sized shorebirds nest in the tundra along the Arctic Ocean and then make an 8,000 mile journey to their wintering grounds in South America. , Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) showing off on the muddy shores of Port Bundaberg in southeast Queensland, Australia. ~Deane. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), native., A wader, this bird is searching for aquatic invertebrates at the creek outflow at the Ottawa Beach, Andrew Hayden Park. It is on its migration south Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Calidris melanotos Flickr