The variegated fighter, scientifically named Calidris pugnax, is a shorebird living throughout the world except Argentina, Peru, and Antarctica.

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It is a shorebird that is part of the Scolopacidae family and the Charadriiformes order.

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This shorebird is recognizable by its white and black head and neck, the rest of its black body, its brown beak and orange legs (in the male), and its white and beige head and belly, its beige and brown back, its black beak and yellow legs (in the female).

In the mixed fighter, it is possible to recognize the female from the male. Indeed, the male has black and white plumage, with a crown in the breeding season that the female does not have, and in her her plumage is beige-brown.

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The variegated fighter feeds mainly on molluscs, crustaceans, invertebrates and small marine insects.

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He lives mostly near marshes and near the sea.

The male is polygamous, that is to say, he reproduces with several females.

The nest is built on the ground. It lays 4 eggs.

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It is a very silent species.

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On the IUCN conservation status it is: LC Least concern.