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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
10/05/2024 08:17:09 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Surfbird*
Id (Atlas):
Calidris virgata
Description (10 )
Surfbird (Juvenile)
© Paul A Guris
Family
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)
Size
23 - 26 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Gmelin, 1789)
Argentina, Canada (P), Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, USA (B).
Vagrant to Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
Central and southern Alaska and central Yukon. Winters on Pacific coast of America, from Alexander Archipelago (south-eastern Alaska) south to Straits of Magellan.
 
Population
Estimated population is 70,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (33)... )
Listen to XC144373
Surfbird (Calidris virgata ) [XC144373 ]
by Thomas Magarian from Fang Mountain, United States (song)
Listen to XC140486
Surfbird (Calidris virgata ) [XC140486 ]
by Logan McLeod from north jetty, Mission Beach, San Diego County, California, United States (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Surfbird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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