Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata(Horsfield, T, 1821)
English (US) Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds low Arctic tundra from Lena to Kolyma rivers (northeastern Siberia); winters from Wallacea eastward through Australasia; prone to extreme vagrancyRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris acuminata
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Totanus acuminatus
- Described by
- (Horsfield, T, 1821)
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.192
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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