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Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Semipalmated Sandpiper Photo

© 2004 Cornell Lab of Ornithology

An abundant small shorebird, the Semipalmated Sandpiper breeds in the Arctic and winters along the coasts of South America.

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Calls

  • Call
    Recorded by William W. H. Gunn
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a loud "cherk."

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