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Surfbird
Calidris virgata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Surfbird, Calidris virgata, is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and snipes. It breeds in North America from the montane low Arctic to subarctic w Nearctic tundra, on the Alaska mainland except the far north and in nw Yukon, and occurs in the nonbreeding season along the w North American and Latin American e Pacific rocky coasts from se Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- North America: montane low Arctic to subarctic w Nearctic tundra: Alaska mainland (except far n) and Yukon (nw Canada)
- Nonbreeding range
- w NA, LA : e Pacific rocky coasts from se Alaska to Tierra del Fuego
