#0750 · 🐦 birds

Curlew Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Krombekstrandloper ·Calidris ferruginea

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Frans Vandewalle · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Анатолий Кузьмин · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Frans Vandewalle · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Anton Mostovenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Anna Paulowna, Nederland:© KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Nordsee, Provinz Friesland, NL:© Samuel Büttler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hollands Kroon, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9131 Ee, Nederland:© janvano1 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The curlew sandpiper ( Calidris ferruginea ) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ferruginea is from Latin ferrugo, ferruginis , "iron rust" referring to its colour in breeding plumage.

base stats

NL sightings 58iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,082iNaturalist observations
weight 12 gadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).