Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
French: Bécasseau variable
German: Alpenstrandläufer
Spanish: Correlimos Común
Other common names: Red-backed Sandpiper
Taxonomy: Tringa alpina Linnaeus, 1758, Lappland.
Formerly placed in genus Erolia. During recent years 5-13 races have been recognized, but validity of some obscure: suggested race centralis included in alpina; race hudsonia sometimes included in pacifica, and pacifica sometimes included in either sakhalina or arcticola. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- arctica (Schiøler, 1922) - NE Greenland; winters mainly in NW Africa.
- schinzii (C. L. Brehm, 1822) - SE Greenland and Iceland through Faeroes and British Is to Baltic and S Scandinavia; winters in S Europe and NW Africa.
- alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) - N Scandinavia and N Russia E to R Kolyma; winters from W Europe and Mediterranean to NW India, and sparsely to Bangladesh.
- arctica (Schiøler, 1922) - NE Greenland; winters mainly in NW Africa.
- schinzii (C. L. Brehm, 1822) - SE Greenland and Iceland through Faeroes and British Is to Baltic and S Scandinavia; winters in S Europe and NW Africa.
- alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) - N Scandinavia and N Russia E to R Kolyma; winters from W Europe and Mediterranean to NW India, and sparsely to Bangladesh.
- sakhalina (Vieillot, 1816) - R Kolyma to Chukotskiy Peninsula and Anadyrland; winters in E China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, and perhaps in small numbers in W North America.
- actites Nechaev & Tomkovich, 1988 - N Sakhalin; wintering grounds unknown.
- kistchinskii Tomkovich, 1986 - N Sea of Okhotsk and Koryak Mts through Kamchatka to Kuril Is; wintering grounds unknown.
- arcticola (Todd, 1953) - NW Alaska N of Seward Peninsula, and NW Canada; winters in E China, Korea and Japan.
- pacifica (Coues, 1861) - SW Alaska S of Seward Peninsula; winters in W USA and W Mexico.
- hudsonia (Todd, 1953) - C Canada; winters in SE USA and probably E Mexico.
- Least Concern
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Two views of a juvenile that has completed molt into first basic foraging, and in the second scene shown with several Long-bille Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp pacifica)
Don DesJardin 26 September 2009 23 weeks ago 48 sec 4.8 -
Close-up of an adult coming back to the nest in the tundra, then incubating Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp alpina)
Laurent Demongin 1 July 2008 51 weeks ago 51 sec 4.5 -
An adult in breeding plumage displaying on the ground Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp alpina)
Laurent Demongin 15 June 2008 51 weeks ago 12 sec 4.5 -
Somes birds on the rocks Ría de Ortigueira, Lugo, Galicia, Spain
Javier Ortas 22 November 2007 1 year ago 30 sec 4.4 -
A single adult bird in breeding plumage foraging in a fresh water lagoon Ventura County, California, USA (ssp pacifica)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2001 2 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A juvenile shown in a nearly complete molt into first basic foraging in a shallow slow moving part of a river that feeds a mixed Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp pacifica)
Don DesJardin 28 September 2009 23 weeks ago 51 sec 4.3
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A bird on the beach in Bretagne in spring. Bretagne, France
Franck Renard 24 May 2005 1 year ago 4.6 -
first winter bird Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 10 August 2008 11 weeks ago 4.5 -
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Gujarat, India
deomurari 19 March 2009 13 weeks ago 4 -
Breeding Plumage - Dunlin (Calidris alpina) India
deomurari 30 April 2009 45 weeks ago 4 -
A bird feeding in shallow water Teich Bird Reserve, Gironde, Aquitanie, France
Nicole Bouglouan 4 September 2004 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
An adult in breeding plumage in the snowy tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp alpina)
Laurent Demongin 15 June 2008 1 year ago 3.3
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An adult displaying and calling Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
Laurent Demongin 15 June 2008 9 weeks ago 3
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