OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Calidris (bird named by Aristotle) mauri (after botanist Ernesto Mauri)
Nonbreeding Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) at Berkeley, California - August 2022
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 22-35g / Length: 14-17cm / Wingspan: 35-37cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The Western Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the Western most edge of Alaska and just into the tip of Siberia, before migrating southwards to Winter around the majority of the coast of the Lower 48, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and upper South America. In terms of European equivalent, their bill shape and proportions put me in mind of dunlin, although their non-breeding plumage is much brighter.
Related Species:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED STATES
Breeds in Alaska, Wintering along most of the Southern and Western States
- CALIFORNIA 2022 TRIP: Seen at Hayward, Berkeley and Monterey
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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