Hunakai

Sandlerling

Diet

Hunakai feed by pecking on the mudflats or in shallow water. They hunt for invertebrates washed to shore by waves. They run back and forth on short, dark legs pecking at small crabs or snails on the beach. Hunakai create thousands of holes in the sand, looking for food. The smell and taste sensors in their beaks are used to find crabs and insects in the sand.

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