Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Pectoral Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

Described by: Vieillot (1819)
Alternate common name(s): American Pectoral Sandpiper, Cox's Sandpiper
Old scientific name(s): Erolia melanotos

Photographs

Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, Ohio, USA - Aug 26, 2005 © William Hull  Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, Ohio, USA - Aug 26, 2005 © William Hull  Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, Ohio, USA - Aug 26, 2005 © William Hull  Hoover Reservoir, Delaware County, Ohio, USA - Aug 26, 2005 © William Hull  Armleder Park, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Apr 3, 2006 © William Hull 
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Range

C. to ne. Palearctic and n. Nearctic;
C. and e. Siberia from the Taimyr Peninsula to arctic Alaska from Wales and Point Barrow e. to n. Yukon, n. Mackenzie, Banks Is., Victoria Is., Bathurst Is., Devon Is., n. Baffin Is., Southampton Is. to nw. Greenland s. to w. Alaska at Goodnews Bay, c. Mackenzie, se. Keewatin and s. coast of Hudson Bay to Cape Henrietta Maria.
Winters in s. South America (s. Bahia, Brazil and Banados del Este, Uruguay), Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia), Tasmania and New Zealand.
(1) Breeding range unknown.
Winters in Australia (n. Western Australia, ne. Queensland, ex. ne. and s. New South Wales (Lake Bathurst and Sidney area), s. Victoria and se. South Australia) and Hawaiian Islands.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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