#0918 · 🐦 birds

Western Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Alaskastrandloper ·Calidris mauri

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © ian wetton · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Victor W Fazio III · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Strathcona, BC, Canada:© Pete Lypkie · CC BY 4.0
6. Rondeau Prov Park, Chatham-Kent, ON, Canada:© allenwoodliffe · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Don Edwards NWR, Fremont, CA, USA:© Melanie Barnett · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Solano County, CA, USA:© Brooke J. · CC BY 4.0
9. Solano County, CA, USA:© Brooke J. · CC BY 4.0
10. Albany, CA, USA:© Alec Cowles · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The western sandpiper ( Calidris mauri ) is a small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific mauri commemorates Italian botanist Ernesto Mauri (1791–1836).

base stats

NL sightings 4iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,966iNaturalist observations
weight 31 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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).