Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - HBW 3, p. 526
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 Enlarge map
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Calls by one bird standing on the ground and then taking off and displaying in flight. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp arcticola)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.5 -
Calls by three birds disputing. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(ssp arcticola)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
An adult displaying and calling Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 15 June 2008 3 years ago 3
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