OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Calidris (bird named by Aristotle) bairdii (named for naturalust Spencer Baird)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) at Rutland Water, Rutland, UK - October 2025
Featured Subspecies: N/A
Weight: 38g / Length: 18-19cm / Wingspan: 43cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A tiny wader that breeds on the most Northerly Tundra of Alaska and Canada, as well as small footholds in Siberia and Greenland. They are extreme long distance migrants, wintering at the Southern end of South America, and it is this colossal journey that makes them fairly prone to vagrancy, with a handful being found in the UK each year. Their most diagnostic feature is the extremely long wings
Related Species:
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A rare vagrant
- Single individual seen at Rutland Water in October 2025
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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