Birds of the World

Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea Scientific name definitions

Sayam U. Chowdhury and Christoph Zöckler
Version: 2.0 — Published May 5, 2025

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Recommended Citation

Chowdhury, S. U. and C. Zöckler (2025). Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, P. Pyle, and P. F. D. Boesman, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.spbsan1.02
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