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Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Although it has a rather restricted breeding range in western Alaska, the Western Sandpiper is one of the most abundant shorebirds in North America.

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Songs

  • Song, rhythmically repeated call given by unpaired birds
    Recorded by Brian J. McCaffery
    Alaska January 2006
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Calls

Call a thin "jeet."

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