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 LC    Rock Sandpiper* Id (Atlas):
    Calidris ptilocnemis

Description (10)
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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.

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) [XC142569]
     by Frank Lambert from Tolstoi Point, St. Paul Island, Alaska, United States (call)

 
Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) [XC352921]
     by Patrik \u00c5berg from St. Paul Island, Pribilof's, Alaska, United States (flight call, display)

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
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Files:
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