Curlew Sandpiper

Overview

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a species of Sandpipers, Snipes (Scolopacidae) in the order Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids. A slender sandpiper with a down-curved bill, brick-red in breeding plumage; a long-distance migrant from the Arctic to Australasia and Africa; probes mud for invertebrates.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Calidris; binomial: Calidris ferruginea; authority: (Pontoppidan, 1763). Typical size: 18-23cm. Average lifespan: 5-10 years.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Palearctic. Non-breeding range: AF, OR, AU : inland and coastal wetlands of Paleotropics: s Europe, Cape Verde Is. (s Macaronesia, w of w Africa), Africa, Malagasy region, through s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., se China, Taiwan, Philippines, s New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania, Bismarck Arch., n Solomon Is., New Caledonia and n New Zealand; prone to extreme vagrancy.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

No additional remarks recorded.