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Difference between Least Sandpiper and Western Sandpiper

Yellow legs, a thin slightly curved bill, and a smudgy brown breast are distinctive features of the Least Sandpiper, while the larger Western Sandpiper is larger and possess a stouter bill and black legs. Nonbreeding Western Sandpipers also have a whiter breast than the brownish breast on Least Sandpipers

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Kimball Chen
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Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper
Yellow legs, a thin slightly curved bill, and a smudgy brown breast are distinctive features of the Least Sandpiper, while the larger Western Sandpiper is larger and possess a stouter bill and black legs.  Nonbreeding Western Sandpipers also have a whiter breast than the brownish breast on Least Sandpipers
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