WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

Purple Sandpiper belongs to Scolopacidae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Purple Sandpiper · Calidris maritima — Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name: Calidris maritima
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Conservation record: LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source: Grassland
Reported mass: 65.1 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

北美洲、古北界：北大西洋和北冰洋的高山至低山北极地带：格陵兰（北部、东北部除外）、冰岛、扬马延岛（冰岛东北方）、熊岛和斯瓦尔巴（挪威以北）、斯堪的纳维亚半岛至俄罗斯极西北部、法兰士约瑟夫地群岛和新地岛（西伯利亚西北部以北）以及北地群岛和泰梅尔半岛（西伯利亚中北部）；班克斯岛至埃尔斯米尔岛南部和巴芬岛（加拿大中北部）

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.