Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea(Pontoppidan, E, 1763)
English (US) Curlew Sandpiper
The Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) 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 drier tundra from Yamal Peninsula to northwestern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northwestern to northeastern Siberia), including New Siberian Islands; winters southern Europe and Africa eastward through southern Asia to Taiwan and Philippines and southward to Melanesia; prone to extreme vagrancyRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris ferruginea
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Pontoppidan, E, 1763)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa Ferrugineus
- Described by
- (Pontoppidan, E, 1763)
- Original description
- Den Danske Atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark (etc.) 1 p.624
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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