Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1826)
English (US) Stilt Sandpiper
The Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) 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 tundra to taiga edge of North Slope of Alaska eastward to north-central Canada; winters Mexico and throughout the Caribbean; in Central America mainly along Pacific coast; coastal South America to Peru and northern Brazil, and in pampas of north-central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris himantopus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1826)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa himantopus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1826)
- Type locality
- Long Branch, New Jersey.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 2 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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