Bairdstrandläufer

Bestimmung

Adults have black legs and a short, straight, thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In winter plumage, this species is paler brownish gray above. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints".<p>One of the best identification features is the long wings, which extend beyond the tail when the bird is on the ground. Only the white-rumped sandpiper also shows this, and that bird can be distinguished by its namesake feature.

Taxonomie

Wissenschaftlicher Name

Calidris bairdii

Autorität

(Coues, 1861)

Ordnung

Regenpfeiferartige

Familie

Schnepfenvögel (Scolopacidae)

Gattung

Calidris

Verbreitung und Lebensraum

Brutgebiet

NA, PAL : high Arctic (locally to subarctic) dry tundra: Wrangel I. (n of ne Siberia and e Chukotskiy Pen. (far ne Siberia)), n, c Alaska, n Canada including Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and Baffin is. and nw Greenland

Überwinterungsgebiet

w, s SA : inland including montane and coastal from s Peru through Chile and c, s Argentina

Zugverhalten

Complete migrants

Verhalten

Baird's sandpipers breed in the northern tundra from eastern Siberia to western Greenland. They nest on the ground, usually in dry locations with low vegetation.<p>They are a long-distance migrant, wintering in South America. This species is a rare vagrant to western Europe.<p>Baird's sandpiper might have hybridized with the buff-breasted sandpiper.<p>These birds forage by moving about mudflats, picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects, also some small crustaceans.

Schutzstatus

Bestandstrend

stable