#0994 · 🐦 birds

White-rumped Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Bonapartes Strandloper ·Calidris fuscicollis

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Hannah Floyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Quinten Wiegersma · CC BY 4.0
4. © gbudyk · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Quinten Wiegersma · CC BY 4.0
6. © Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © gbudyk · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Cláudio Dias Timm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The white-rumped sandpiper ( Calidris fuscicollis ) is a small shorebird that breeds in the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints".

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,417iNaturalist observations
weight 45.8 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).