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==Breeding and migration== Their breeding habitat is [[Arctic]] islands and coastal areas across the northern coasts of [[Alaska]], [[Canada]], and [[Russia]]. They nest on the ground in a dry open [[tundra]] with good visibility; the nest is a shallow gravel scrape. Four eggs (sometimes only three) are laid in early June, with an incubation period of 26β27 days; the chicks fledge when 35β45 days old.<ref name=hayman/><ref name=bwpc/> They migrate to winter in coastal areas throughout the world. In the [[New World]] they winter from southwest [[British Columbia]] and [[Massachusetts]] south to [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]], in the western [[Old World]] from [[Ireland]] and southwestern [[Norway]] south throughout coastal Africa to [[South Africa]], and in the eastern Old World, from southern [[Japan]] south throughout coastal southern Asia and [[Australia]], with a few reaching [[New Zealand]]. Most of the migrants to Australia are female. It makes regular non-stop transcontinental flights over Asia, Europe, and North America, but is mostly a rare vagrant on the ground in the interior of continents, only landing occasionally if forced down by severe weather, or to feed on the coast-like shores of very large [[lake]]s such as the [[Great Lakes]], where it is a common passage migrant.<ref name=hayman/><ref name=bwpc/><ref name=ng/>
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