Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3

Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

French: Bécasseau semipalmé German: Sandstrandläufer Spanish: Correlimos Semipalmeado

Taxonomy: Tringa pusilla Linnaeus, 1766, Santo Domingo.
Formerly placed in genus Ereunetes with C. mauri. Monotypic.

Distribution: W & N Alaska and N Canada. Winters on Pacific coast from S Mexico to S Peru, and on Atlantic coast from Yucatán and West Indies to C Argentina.

  • Least Concern
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