Species: Calidris acuminata

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Aves

    Order

    Charadriiformes

    Family

    Scolopacidae

    Genus

    Calidris

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Bécasseau à queue pointue
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Calidris
    Migration
    false - false - true
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Length
    22
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-26
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-26
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    GH - 200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles) - GH - BREEDS: northeastern Siberia, possibly western Alaska. NORTHERN WINTER: East Indies, Australasia, Polynesia. Migrates regularly through Hawaii (mostly in west, common in fall, rare in spring), western Alaska and rarely (primarily in fall) from south-coastal and southeastern Alaska south along the Pacific coast to southern California and through Pacific islands (AOU 1998). Casual elsewhere in North America, mostly in fall (recorded from northeastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Ontario, New York, and New England south to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, the Gulf coast and Florida); sight report for Quebec (AOU 1998).
    Global Range Code
    GH
    Global Range Description
    200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)
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