Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)

Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri, breeds in North America and the Palearctic, from the Chukotskiy Peninsula to Anadyr in north-east Siberia, with a few on St Lawrence Island and in western and northern Alaska mainland. Outside the breeding season it is found mainly along the coastal Western Hemisphere, from Washington to Peru and the Galápagos, and from south-eastern Canada to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean islands and coasts, and the Guianas, with inland records from central Mexico to northern Costa Rica. It is a small migratory shorebird, and adults have dark legs and a short, narrow dark bill.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

North America, Palearctic: Chukotskiy Pen. s to Anadyr (ne Siberia; few), St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea) and w, n Alaska mainland

Nonbreeding range

NA, MA, n SA : temperate to n tropical (mainly) coastal Western Hemisphere: Washington to Peru and Galápagos (e Pacific), se Canada to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean islands and coasts to Guianas; inland c Mexico to n Costa Rica