Pectoral Sandpiper

Overview

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) is a species of Sandpipers, Snipes (Scolopacidae) in the order Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Calidris; binomial: Calidris melanotos; authority: (Vieillot, 1819).

Distribution

Breeding range: the Nearctic and the Palearctic. Non-breeding range: AU, Southern Cone : mainly wet grassland, wetland edge of subtropical and temperate zone; few to se Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is. (e of North I., New Zealand); most to Peru, Bolivia, and s Brazil s to Tierra del Fuego; a few winter farther north; prone to extreme vagrancy.

Conservation Status

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

Remarks

No additional remarks recorded.