Shorebird migration is upon us! Can I get a selection of your finest sandpipers?
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) LEUCISTIC, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, CA, USA
photographs by Mary Beth Cantrell
L - Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) and
R - Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Coast of WB, India
photograph by Santanab Majumder
Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea), T- winter plumage, B - breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes
Breeds on the coast of the Bering Sea.
photographs by tareq’s photography & Jan van de Kam
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes
Nests on the northern prairies and tundra of North America.
Overwinters on grassland in South America.
Not usually found on beaches or shoreline, like most other sandpipers.
This is one of my nemesis birds! I’ve never gotten a great look at this bird, so this is the year I make a concerted effort to finally get one!!!
photographs: Johnath & Sean Evans
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius), family Scolopacidae, order Chradriiformes, KY, USA
photograph by Mike Blevins
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis), HE STRUTT!!!, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, North Slope of Alaska
photograph by Stephen Dunaway
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, TX Coast, USA
photograph by James Corgill
Tuamotu Sandpiper aka Kivi-Kivi (Prosobonia parvirostris), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, endemic to the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacific
While this sandpiper feeds along shorelines, like other shorebirds, it is also found in thickets and scrubland.
Endangered due to habitat destruction and the intorduction of rats to their islands. (Rat eradication on some islands has greatly benefited the birds).
photographs by Marie-Helene Burle/Island Conservation
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