Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Pectoral Sandpiper
The Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 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 wet tundra from Yamal Peninsula eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula (northwestern to eastern Siberia), including New Siberian and Wrangel islands, also western and northern Alaska eastward through northeastern Canada, including Arctic islands; winters wet grassland and wetland edge mainly to Peru, Bolivia, and southern Brazil southward to Tierra del Fuego; prone to extreme vagrancyRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris melanotos
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa melanotos
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 401.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.462
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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