© Ian Davies
Sanderling Calidris alba
R. Bruce Macwhirter, Peter Austin-Smith Jr., and Donald E. Kroodsma
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2002
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2002
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Drietoonstrandloper |
| Albanian | Gjelëza me tri gishta |
| Arabic | دريجة بيضاء |
| Armenian | Ճերմակ ավազակտցար |
| Asturian | Mazaricu tridáctilu |
| Azerbaijani | Üçbarmaq qumluq cüllütü |
| Basque | Txirri zuria |
| Bulgarian | Трипръст брегобегач |
| Catalan | Territ de tres dits |
| Chinese | 三趾濱鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 三趾滨鹬 |
| Croatian | bijeli žalar |
| Czech | jespák písečný |
| Danish | Sandløber |
| Dutch | Drieteenstrandloper |
| English | Sanderling |
| English (HAW) | Hunakai - Sanderling |
| English (United States) | Sanderling |
| Faroese | Sandgrælingur |
| Finnish | pulmussirri |
| French | Bécasseau sanderling |
| French (French Guiana) | Bécasseau sanderling |
| Galician | Pilro tridáctilo |
| German | Sanderling |
| Greek | Λευκοσκαλίδρα |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Bécassine Blanche |
| Hebrew | חופית לבנה |
| Hungarian | Fenyérfutó |
| Icelandic | Sanderla |
| Indonesian | Kedidi putih |
| Italian | Piovanello tridattilo |
| Japanese | ミユビシギ |
| Korean | 세가락도요 |
| Latvian | Gaišais šņibītis |
| Lithuanian | Smiltinukas |
| Malayalam | തിരക്കാട |
| Mongolian | Гурвалж элсэг |
| Norwegian | sandløper |
| Persian | تلیله سفید |
| Polish | piaskowiec |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pilrito-das-praias |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | maçarico-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pilrito-das-praias |
| Romanian | Nisipar |
| Russian | Песчанка |
| Serbian | Bela sprutka |
| Slovak | pobrežník belavý |
| Slovenian | Peščenec |
| Spanish | Correlimos Tridáctilo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Playerito Blanco |
| Spanish (Chile) | Playero blanco |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Zarapico blanco |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Playerito Blanquito |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Playerito Blanco |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Playero Blanco |
| Spanish (Panama) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Playerito blanco |
| Spanish (Peru) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Playero Arenero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Correlimos tridáctilo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Playerito Blanco |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Playero Arenero |
| Swedish | sandlöpare |
| Thai | นกคอสั้นตีนไว |
| Turkish | Ak Kumkuşu |
| Ukrainian | Побережник білий |
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Sanderling in North America.
Distribution of the Sanderling in North and Middle America and the western West Indies. This species also winters in the eastern West Indies and South America and breeds from Greenland through northern Europe and Asia. See text for details.