Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
 
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Sanderling Calidris alba

R. Bruce Macwhirter, Peter Austin-Smith Jr., and Donald E. Kroodsma
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2002

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Figure 1. Distribution of the Sanderling in North America. - Range Map
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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.

Recommended Citation

Macwhirter, R. B., P. Austin-Smith Jr., and D. E. Kroodsma (2002). Sanderling (Calidris alba), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.653