Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla [Linnaeus, 1766] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
PZ, SEMSA
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EURING No: 4980 | |
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Number in Britain:
2 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 36 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 29 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kalidris=grey waterside bird described by Aristotle and L.: pusillus=very small |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS arctic North America, WINTERS: Mexico south to s South America |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, on migration coastal, wet meadows |
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Diet:
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Small arthropods, molluscs, worms, mostly in salt/freshwater also on land |
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TitBit:
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The Semipalmated Sandpiper gets its common name from the short webs between its toes ("palmated" means webbed). |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Norfolk, 1953
(Daukes, A.H. 1954. British Birds 47:131-132)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
77
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(1999),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1999),
Outer Hebrides
(1999),
Orkney
(2002),
Shetland
(2005),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2006),
Northumberland
(1992),
East Yorkshire
(1999),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1982),
Lancashire
(2004),
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English Midlands:
Northamptonshire
(1999),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(2007),
Lincolnshire
(1966),
Norfolk
(2003),
Suffolk
(1993),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2006),
Kent
(1984),
East Sussex
(2001),
West Sussex
(1998),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(1994),
Dorset
(2002),
Gloucestershire
(2006),
Somerset
(2000),
Isles of Scilly
(2007),
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Wales:
Glamorgan
(2001),
Gwent
(2006),
Pembrokeshire
(2007),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Pibydd Llwyd |
| Danish: Tyknæbbet dværgryle | Dutch: Grijze Strandloper |
| Finnish: Kääpiösirri | French: Bécasseau semipalmé |
| German: Sandstrandlaüfer | Hungarian: Tundra partfutó |
| Icelandic: Fitjatíta | Irish: Gobadáinín Mionbhosach |
| Italian: Piro piro semipalmato | Norwegian: Sandsnipe |
| Polish: Biegus tundrowy | Portuguese: Pilrito-semiplamado |
| Spanish: Correlimos semipalmeado | Swedish: Sandsnäppa |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
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