Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii [Coues, 1861] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
BP, BAISA
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EURING No: 5060 | |
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Number in Britain:
4 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:
15 cm
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Wingspan: 43 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 43 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kalidris=grey waterside bird described by Aristotle and after Spencer Baird (1744-1802) US ornithologist and author |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: ne Siberia & Arctic North America, WINTERS: c&s South America |
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Habitat:
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Coastal & alpine tundra, on migration mudflats, pasture |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, some spiders and small crustaceans |
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TitBit:
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The female Baird's Sandpiper lays a clutch of eggs that is up to 120% of her body mass in four days, shortly after arriving in the Arctic, with essentially no stored fat. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
St Kilda, 1911
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
195
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Summary of Records by Year
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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
(2007),
Highland
(1994),
Lothian
(2003),
Moray & Nairn
(2001),
Northeast
(2007),
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
Orkney
(1993),
Perth & Kinross
(2007),
Shetland
(2007),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2005),
Northumberland
(2005),
East Yorkshire
(2004),
North Yorkshire
(2003),
South Yorkshire
(1995),
West Yorkshire
(1967),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1985),
Cumbria
(1994),
Lancashire
(1991),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(2006),
Leicestershire
(1994),
Northamptonshire
(1996),
Nottinghamshire
(1998),
Staffordshire
(2005),
Warwickshire
(1996),
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
(1961),
Essex
(1977),
Lincolnshire
(2005),
Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(2004),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2005),
Isle of Wight
(1988),
Kent
(2005),
Greater London
(1977),
Surrey
(1982),
East Sussex
(1989),
West Sussex
(1996),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2006),
Devon
(2001),
Dorset
(1998),
Gloucestershire
(2005),
Somerset
(1974),
Isles of Scilly
(2005),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(2001),
Carmarthen
(1987),
Ceredigion
(1998),
Caernarfonshire
(2004),
Flintshire
(1979),
Glamorgan
(1972),
Gower
(1975),
Gwent
(2000),
Pembrokeshire
(1984),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Pibydd Baird |
| Danish: Bairdsryle | Dutch: Bairds strandloper |
| Finnish: Bairdinsirri | French: Bécasseau de Baird |
| German: Baird-Strandläufer | Hungarian: Baird partfutója |
| Icelandic: Leirutíta | Irish: Gobadán Baird |
| Italian: Piovanello di Baird | Norwegian: Gulbrystsnipe |
| Polish: Biegus dlugoskrzydly | Portuguese: Pilrito de Baird |
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Spanish:
Correlimos de Baird
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Swedish: Gulbröstad snäppa |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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