Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri(Cabanis, JL, 1857)
English (US) Western Sandpiper
The Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 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 Chukotskiy Peninsula and Anadyr (northeastern Siberia; few), St. Lawrence Island (Bering Sea), and western and northern Alaska mainland; winters coastal Washington to Peru and Galapagos, southeastern Canada to Caribbean, and inland central Mexico to northern Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris mauri
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Western Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ereunetes Mauri
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1857)
- Type locality
- Cuba.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 4, no.24 p.419
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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