Species: Calidris himantopus

Stilt Sandpiper

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Salish Sea-reliant birds

Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Calidris

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Maçarico-Pernilongo - Playero Zancón, Chorlito Zancudo - bécasseau à échasses

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Calidris - Often placed in the monotypic genus MICROPALAMA (AOU 1983).

Ecology and Life History

Migration

false - false - true - Migrates northward through U.S. from March into May; begins to arrive in breeding areas in late May. Migrates mainly through central U.S.; rare along east coast in nortward migration, common when moving south; rare but regular along west coast. Adults begin southward migration in early to mid-July; juveniles depart by end of August. Flies in dense flocks.

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

Feeds on worms, fly and mosquito larvae, and small mollusks; also feeds on seeds, roots, and leaves of aquatic plants (Terres 1980). Forages at water's edge in compact flocks; may immerse head under water to feed. Does not feed extensively on nesting territory; forages in small tundra ponds up to 8 km from nest (see Johnson and Herter 1989).

Reproduction Comments

Egg laying peaked during the second week of June on Victoria Island. Both sexes (male by day, female by night) incubate 4 eggs for average of 20 days. Hatching peaks in early July. Nestlings are precocial, leave nest soon after hatching, independent in about 14 days (fledging period reported as at least 17 days). At Churchill, Manitoba, nesting density was 5-25 pairs per sq km (see Johnson and Herter 1989).

Ecology Comments

During migration often seen in association with dowitchers and greater and lesser yellowlegs. Forage up to 8 kilometers from nest (Jehl 1973).

Length

Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-11-26

Global Status Last Changed

1996-11-26

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDING: northeastern Alaska across northern Canada to northeastern Manitoba and northern Ontario, and probably locally south to borders of taiga; north to Victoria and Jenny Lind islands, Northwest Territories. NON-BREEDING: primarily in South America (mainly Bolivia and southern Brazil to northern Chile and northern Argentina), casually north to southeastern California, Gulf Coast and Florida (AOU 1983).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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