Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
French: Bécasseau à queue pointue
German: Spitzschwanz-Strandläufer
Spanish: Correlimos Acuminado
Other common names: Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper
Taxonomy: Totanus acuminatus Horsfield, 1821, Java.
Formerly placed in genus Erolia. Cooper’s Sandpiper “C. (Pisobia) cooperi” was probably hybrid between C. ferruginea and present species (see page 446). Monotypic.
Distribution: NC & NE Siberia from Lena Delta to R Kolyma. Winters from New Guinea through Melanesia to New Caledonia and Tonga, and S to Australia and New Zealand.
- Least Concern
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Several views of winter-plumeged birds foraging Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 2 years ago 32 sec 4.9 -
Different close shots of birds feeding in the water, in winter plumage Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 2 years ago 45 sec 4.9 -
Three individuals in winter plumage preening, then a group feeding Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 September 2006 2 years ago 47 sec 4.8 -
A juvenile on a beach, defecating and flying away Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 September 2005 2 years ago 9 sec 4.4 -
A bird in the water, feeding Penrice, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 30 October 2005 3 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A bird walking through shallow water and feeding Penrice Saltfields, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 11 April 2006 3 years ago 5 sec 4.3
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A rare Siberian visitor to Southern California, this one being a juvenile. Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 4 November 1994 1 year ago 4.4 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage feeding in shallow water. Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 15 December 2009 12 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage standing in shallow water and scratching itself with its foot. Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia
Nick Talbot 15 December 2009 12 weeks ago 3 -
A group of birds in non-breeding plumage at a high tide roost. Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 27 December 2007 13 weeks ago 3 -
A bird on shallow water. Fuxing, Changhua County, Taiwan
alder 23 April 2008 1 year ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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