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Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
| - CHARADRIIFORMES |
| Baird's Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris bairdii | NA, PAL | high Arctic (locally to subarctic) dry tundra; Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia and e Chukotskiy Pen. (far ne Siberia)), n, c Alaska, n Canada including Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and Baffin is. and nw Greenland | w, s SA : inland including montane and coastal from s Peru through Chile and c, s Argentina |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris falcinellus | PAL | patchily in low Arctic to subarctic tundra bogs of n Palearctic; Scandinavia to Kanin Pen. (nw Russia); Taimyr Pen. (nw Siberia) and Lena to Kolyma rivers (ne Siberia) | AF, OR, AU : Paleotropical coasts, e Africa, Red Sea and Persian Gulf through se Asia, Indonesian Arch., s New Guinea and Australia (except sw, sc, Tasmania) |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subruficollis | NA, PAL | high Arctic dry coastal tundra of far ne Palearctic and n Nearctic; n Chukotka e from Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia), Alaskan North Slope from Pt. Barrow e through ne Canada, including Arctic is. from Banks to Devon is. (ne Canada) | se SA : coastal and inland grassland of subtropical s Neotropics: se Brazil, Uruguay and n, c Argentina; prone to extreme vagrancy worldwide |
| Curlew Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ferruginea | PAL | drier low Arctic tundra of nc, ne Palearctic; nw Siberia from Yamal Pen. to nw Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia), and New Siberian Is. (n of nc Siberia) | AF, OR, AU : inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics: s Europe, Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of w Africa), Africa, Malagasy region, through s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., se China, Taiwan, Philippines, s New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania, Bismarck |
| Dunlin i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alpina | NA, PAL | low (locally high) Arctic to temperate wet tundra of Holarctic; sw to ne Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., n British Is., Scandinavia, Baltic states e through n Russia including Novaya Zemlya (n of nw Siberia) and New Siberian Is. (n of ec Russia), through C | s NA, AF, s PAL : coastal and inland wetlands from temperate to tropical zones n of Equator: British Is., w Europe, Mediterranean, n, nc Africa, Middle East, n Indian subcontinent to n Vietnam and e China, Taiwan, Korean Pen. and Japan (except n); sw Cana |
| Great Knot (EN) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris tenuirostris | PAL | low Arctic and subarctic montane tundra; ne Siberia from Yakutsk e to Anadyr Pen. | OR, AU : coastal Australasia: ne Arabian Pen., coastal s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., Taiwan, se China, Philippines, nw, s New Guinea, Australia including Tasmania |
| Least Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minutilla | NA | low Arctic and subarctic n Nearctic tundra and taiga wetlands; e Aleutian Is., all Alaskan mainland, n Canada from n Yukon to n British Columbia, e to s James Bay, Ungava Pen., Labrador and Nova Scotia | subtropical to tropical coastal mudflats and inland wetlands from s USA, Caribbean, and Mexico to n South America |
| Little Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris minuta | PAL | high to low Arctic drier tundra of n Palearctic; far n Scandinavia, White Sea coast, s Novaya Zemlya, through n Russia to New Siberian Is. (ec Siberia) | e PAL, AF, India : coastal and inland mudflats and marshes, s Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, w Madagascar, Middle East, c to s Asia |
| Long-toed Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris subminuta | PAL | subarctic to temperate bogs of c, e Palearctic; disjunctly from sw to s Chukotskiy Pen., n Kuril and Commander is. (e Russia); (perhaps) n Mongolia | OR, AU : inland and coastal e India and Sri Lanka, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., w, se Australia, Philippines, se China, Taiwan and s, sc Japan |
| Pectoral Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris melanotos | NA, PAL | high to low Arctic wet tundra of Holarctic; Yamal Pen. (nw Siberia) e to Chukotskiy Pen., s to Anadyr, including New Siberian and Wrangel is. (ne Russia); w, n Alaska through ne Canada, including Arctic islands from Banks to Devon and Southampton (ne Cana | AU, Southern Cone : mainly wet grassland, wetland edge of subtropical and temperate zone; few to se Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is. (e of North I., New Zealand); most to Peru, Bolivia, and s Brazil s to Tierra del Fuego; a few winter farther north; pr |
| Purple Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris maritima | NA, PAL | high to low montane Arctic of North Atlantic and Arctic oceans; Greenland (except n, ne), Iceland, Jan Mayen (ne of Iceland), Bear I. and Svalbard (n of Norway), Scandinavia to far nw Russia, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya (n of nw Siberia) and Severn | e NA, w Europe : rocky North Atlantic coasts: Iceland, Faroe Is., British Is., Scandinavia and w Europe (e North Atlantic); Labrador and Gulf of St. Lawrence (se Canada) to North Carolina (w North Atlantic) |
| Red Knot (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris canutus | NA, PAL | patchily in high Arctic (mainly) tundra of Holarctic; nw, e Greenland, nc Siberia, islands n of nc and ne Siberia, and n Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia) | SA, Europe, AF, AU : coasts worldwide from temperate zone to tropics; in Indian Ocean mainly w Australia, and in Pacific in New Zealand but rare on other remote islands |
| Red-necked Stint (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ruficollis | PAL | coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of nc, ne Siberia; Taymyr Pen. (nc Siberia) e to Chukotskiy Pen. and s to n Kamchatka Pen. (ne Russia) | OR, AU : coastal ne India and Sri Lanka through se Asia, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia from Bismarck Arch. to New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines to Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan) |
| Rock Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris ptilocnemis | PAL, NA | coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of far n Pacific; e Chukotskiy Pen. to (disjunctly) s Kamchatka, Commander and (perhaps) n Kuril is. (e Russia), Aleutian and Bering Sea is., w Alaska from Seward Pen. to Gulf of Alaska is. | rocky subarctic to temperate coasts: Hokkaido (n Japan, w North Pacific; rare) to c California (e North Pacific) |
| Ruff i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pugnax | PAL | low Arctic to temperate tundra and steppe of Palearctic; nw Europe from Belgium and Scandinavia s through n Ukraine, nw Kazakhstan, n Mongolia to far e Siberia | AF, sw PAL, India : inland and coastal c, s Europe, Africa, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Philippines, ec China, Taiwan and c to s Japan; rarer Indonesian Arch. |
| Sanderling i | Scolopacidae | Calidris alba | NA, PAL | high Arctic tundra wetlands of Holarctic; nw, se Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Taymyr Pen. and Severnaya Zemlya (to n), Lena Delta and New Siberian Is. (nc Siberia), Alaskan North Slope (rare), Canadian Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and s | Worldwide : sandy coastal beaches from temperate to tropical zone: British Is. and Macaronesia (nw of n Africa) through Africa, Malagasy region, Middle East, s, se Asia through Indonesian Arch. to Australia, Melanesia, Philippines and s, c Japan (but rare |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (NT) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pusilla | NA, PAL | low (locally high) Arctic to subarctic tundra of far ne Palearctic and Nearctic; e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Siberia), w, n Alaska and n Canada including most of mainland Nunavut, around Hudson and James bays and e to n Labrador, and s Canadian Arctic islands f | MA, SA, Caribbean : subtropical to tropical coastal Neotropics: from Isthmus of Tehuantepec (sw Mexico) to far n Chile and Galapagos (e Pacific), throughout Caribbean and from n Yucatan Pen. to ne Brazil (w Atlantic) |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (VU) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris acuminata | PAL | low Arctic to subarctic tundra of ne Palearctic; Lena to Kolyma rivers (ne Siberia) | AU : coastal and inland Wallacea, New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand and Fiji (sw Polynesia); prone to extreme vagrancy to North America and Europe |
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper (CR) i | Scolopacidae | Calidris pygmaea | PAL | coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of ne Siberia; ne, e Chukotskiy Pen. to n Kamchatka Pen. (ne Russia) | OR : coastal mudflats from Taiwan and ec China to Bangladesh; mainly Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh |
| Stilt Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris himantopus | NA | high and low Arctic tundra to taiga edge of n Nearctic; North Slope of Alaska and n Canada to s Victoria I. (nc Canada); also locally w coasts of Hudson and James bays | coastal and inland Mexico and throughout the West Indies; in Central America mainly along Pacific coast; coastal South America to Peru and n Brazil, and in pampas of nc Argentina |
| Surfbird i | Scolopacidae | Calidris virgata | NA | montane low Arctic to subarctic w Nearctic tundra; Alaska mainland (except far n) and Yukon (nw Canada) | w NA, LA : e Pacific rocky coasts from se Alaska to Tierra del Fuego |
| Temminck's Stint i | Scolopacidae | Calidris temminckii | PAL | low (locally high) Arctic to subarctic tundra of n Palearctic; s to n Scandinavia e through n Russia to e Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia), including New Siberian Is. (n of nc Siberia) | AF, OR : coastal and inland Paleotropics from se Europe, n to c Africa, Middle East, s, se Asia to Malay Pen., Borneo, sw Japan, Taiwan and ec China |
| Western Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris mauri | NA, PAL | Chukotskiy Pen. s to Anadyr (ne Siberia; few), St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea) and w, n Alaska mainland | NA, MA, n SA : temperate to n tropical (mainly) coastal Western Hemisphere: Washington to Peru and Galapagos (e Pacific), se Canada to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean islands and coasts to Guianas; inland c Mexico to n Costa Rica |
| White-rumped Sandpiper i | Scolopacidae | Calidris fuscicollis | NA | high to low Arctic wet tundra of far n Nearctic; North Slope Alaska, coastal n Canada to nw Hudson Bay, and Banks to Devon and Baffin is. (ne Canada) | coastal and inland wetlands of temperate s South America: s Chile, se Brazil, nw to se Argentina, and Falkland Is. |
100% 24 species of 24 (0 extinct).
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| IUCN Status Codes |
| EX | Extinct |
| EW | Extinct in the wild |
| CR | Critically Endangered |
| EN | Endangered |
| VU | Vulnerable |
| NT | Near Threatened |
| LC | Least Concern |
| DD | Data deficient |
| NE | Not evaluated |
LC not shown.
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| Breeding Range Codes |
| AF | Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) |
| AN | Antarctica |
| AO | Atlantic Ocean |
| AU | Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea
and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the
Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) |
| PAL | Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the
Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) |
| IO | Indian Ocean |
| LA | Latin America (Middle and South America) |
| MA | Middle America (Mexico through Panama) |
| NA | North America (includes the Caribbean) |
| NO | Northern oceans |
| OR | Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the
Philippines, and Greater Sundas) |
| PO | Pacific Ocean |
| SA | South America |
| SO | Southern oceans |
| TO | Temperate oceans |
| TrO | Tropical oceans |
| Worldwide | Worldwide |
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