Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Semipalmated Sandpiper
The Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 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 from eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northeastern Siberia) through northern Alaska and eastward in northern Canada to northern Labrador, including southern Canadian Arctic islands from Banks to Baffin; winters coasts from Isthmus of Tehuantepec and Yucatan Peninsula (southwestern Mexico) and Caribbean to far northern Chile and northeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris pusilla
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa pusilla
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Santo Domingo.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.252
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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