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Sanderling Calidris alba [Pallas, 1764]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
SS , SANDE
EURING No:
4970
Number in Britain:
21 thousand birds (Winter)
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
20 cm
Wingspan:
42 cm
Weight:
M/F: 59 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and L.: albus =white
World Distribution:
BREEDS: arctic N America, Greenland, n Siberia, WINTERS: Europe, s Asia to s Africa & Australia, South America
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration coastal
Diet:
Mostly small invertebrates, some plant material when newly arrived on arctic breeding grounds
TitBit:
Uniquely amongst British waders, the Sanderling has no hind toe - giving it a distinctive running action, rather like a clockwork toy, as it darts away from incoming waves on the beach edge
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Winter:
21 thousand individuals
in 1994-99
Passage:
40000 individuals
First Record:
c. 1600
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
25 to 50 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
36 x 25 mm
Egg Weight:
11.2 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
Incubation:
24 - 27 days
by the:
Female (occ. Male)?
Fledging:
16 - 18 days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
421
Adult Survival:
0.83
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
2
years
Typical Lifespan:
7
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
17yr7m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
B2
Wing Length
Adult:
126.7 ± 3.6
Range
121 - 133 mm, N =1392
Juvenile:
126.2 ± 3.1
121 - 132 mm, N =138
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
57.68 ± 8.34
Range
46.00 - 73.00 g , N =1473
Juvenile:
55.47 ± 9.04
42.60 - 71.00 g , N =134
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Luatharan-glas
Welsh:
Pibydd y Tywod
Danish:
Sandløber
Dutch:
Drieteenstrandloper
Finnish:
Pulmussirri
French:
Bécasseau sanderling
German:
Sanderling
Hungarian:
Fenyérfutó
Icelandic:
Sanderla
Irish:
Luathrán
Italian:
Piovanello tridattilo
Norwegian:
Sandløper
Polish:
Piaskowiec
Portuguese:
Pilrito-sanderlingo
Spanish:
Correlimos tridáctilo
Swedish:
Sandlöpare
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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