Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii(Coues, E, 1861)
English (US) Baird's Sandpiper
The Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) 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 high Arctic dry tundra from Wrangel Island to eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Siberia) through northern and central Alaska, northern Canada including Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and Baffin islands, and northwestern Greenland; winters in mountains and coastally from southern Peru through Chile and southern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris bairdii
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Coues, E, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Actodromas (Actodromas) Bairdii
- Described by
- (Coues, E, 1861)
- Type locality
- Fort Resolution. North America east of the Rocky Mountains; specimen in U. S. National Museum claimed as type is from Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, Mackenzie.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13 p.194
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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