Archive for the ‘Sandpipers’ Category

• Baird’s sandpiper

  Oct 10 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 77 Views | with Comments Off on Baird’s sandpiper

  Baird’s sandpiper – Calidris bairdii – is a New World Vagrant that has been recorded in Cyprus and further information can be found on the – Vagrants Card &#...

• Sharp-tailed sandpiper

  Mar 29 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 192 Views | with Comments Off on Sharp-tailed sandpiper

  Sharp-tailed sandpiper – Calidris acuminata – is a smallish migratory Asian shorebird of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. It breeds in the Tundra of far NE Siberia and winters in...

• Purple sandpiper

  Aug 15 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 570 Views | with Comments Off on Purple sandpiper

  The Purple sandpiper – Calidris maritima is a small species of Type – wader, Family Scolopacidae and Order Charadriiformes. It is a summer breeder to the High Holarctic Tundra and Islands and winters on the shores of...

• Wood sandpiper

  Sep 2 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1296 Views | with No Comments

  The Wood sandpiper – Tringa glareola is a small migratory Palearctic wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a very extensive summer breeder to the subarctic wetlands of Eurasia, and in the winter migrates S to Africa, the...

• Marsh sandpiper

  Sep 2 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1277 Views | with No Comments

  The Marsh sandpiper – Tringa stagnatilis is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the wetlands of the Steppe and Taiga Regions of Eurasia. In winter it migrates to the...

• Green sandpiper

  Aug 31 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1283 Views | with No Comments

  The Green sandpiper – Tringa ochropus is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is an extensive summer breeder across Northern Eurasia, and migrates widely to winter in the Tropics of the Old...

• Common sandpiper

  Aug 31 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1278 Views | with No Comments

  The Common sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos is a small Palearctic migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is an extensive summer breeder across Eurasia and winters widely in Africa, SW, S, and SE Asia and further into...

• Terek sandpiper

  Aug 29 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1281 Views | with No Comments

  The Terek sandpiper – Xenus cinereus is a smallish migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder across Euro/Asiatic Russia and migrates in the winter to the shores of Africa, Arabia, S Asia, SE Asia...

• Pectoral sandpiper

  Aug 22 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1312 Views | with No Comments

  The Pectoral sandpiper – Calidris melanotos is a small migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the Tundra Regions of E Asia, Alaska and W Canada to Hudson’s Bay. Most birds winter in...

• Buff-breasted sandpiper

  Aug 22 | Sandpipers, Sandpipers+ | Little Stint | 1358 Views | with No Comments

  The Buff-breasted sandpiper – Calidris subruficollis  is a small migratory wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder to the High Arctic of North America and migrates in the winter to the SE of South...