Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Sanderling (Calidris alba) - HBW 3, p. 520
French: Bécasseau sanderling
German: Sanderling
Spanish: Correlimos Tridáctilo
Taxonomy: Tringa alba Pallas, 1764, coast of North Sea.
Formerly placed in monospecific genus Crocethia. Monotypic.
Distribution: Canadian Arctic, Greenland and Svalbard to Severnaya Zemlya Is, Taymyr Peninsula, Lena Delta and New Siberian Is; small numbers in N Alaska. Winters on coast from C North to S South America, and from W & S Europe and Africa through S Asia to Australasia and some tropical Pacific islands.
- Least Concern
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A juvenile moulting to first winter plumage, walking and feeding on the shore Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 2 years ago 30 sec 4.9 -
A group of birds feeding in a beach, running up and down with the waves Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia, USA (Monotypic species)
Robert Schaefer 26 November 2005 3 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
Several birds in non-breeding plumage bathing Mouth of Lluta River, Lluta River, Arica, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2003 5 years ago 34 sec 4.6 -
An adult in breeding plumage standing on rocks Ventura River Mouth, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2005 3 years ago 14 sec 4.4 -
Several adults running on a beach with the waves Ventura River Mouth, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2005 3 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
One bird and then two walking an feeding along the shore Vlieland, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 2 years ago 30 sec 4.2
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Breeding Plumage - Sanderling (Calidris alba) India
deomurari 30 April 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Feeding on the shore Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 January 2010 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
Breeding plumage Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 29 August 2009 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
An adult Sanderling in summer plumage on it's way to the northern breeding grounds Helgoland, Germany (ssp alba)
Gerard Visser 6 June 2010 6 weeks ago 4.2 -
On the beach Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 9 August 2010 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
A bird on the jetty in winter plumage (with just a hint of breeding pllumage left - only a few rusty scapulars remain) South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Erik Breden 27 August 2008 15 weeks ago 4
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