Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis)

Other Names (World)
Rock Sandpiper, Aleutian Sandpiper, Pribilof Sandpiper

Family
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)

Size
20 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Coues, 1873)

Range (Guide)

Canada, Japan, Russia (Asian) (B), USA (B).

Vagrant to China (mainland).

Unknown to Mexico.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 160,000 - 170,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) [XC107359]
by Andrew Spencer from St. Paul Island, Alaska, United States (flight call)

Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) [XC142568]
by Andrew Spencer from Tolstoi Point, St. Paul Island, Alaska, United States (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima). Formerly considered conspecific with Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) - St Matthew and Hall Is and Pribilof Is. Winters on Alaska Peninsula.
quarta (Hartert, 1920) - Kuril Is, southern Kamchatka and Commander Is.
tschuktschorum (Portenko, 1937) - Eastern Chukotskiy Peninsula, St Lawrence I, Nunivak I and western Alaska. Winters in north-western North America and locally in eastern Japan.
couesi (Ridgway, 1880) - Aleutian Is and Alaska Peninsula.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) - 10 files

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