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Scolopacidae
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Calidris
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Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published April 23, 2016

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Distribution of the Purple Sandpiper - Range Map
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Distribution of the Purple Sandpiper

Recommended Citation

Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/hbw/species/pursan/1.0
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