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Calidris acuminata

(Horsfield, 1821)

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

VulnerableIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105148

Element CodeABNNF11140

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

IUCNVulnerable

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassAves

OrderCharadriiformes

FamilyScolopacidae

GenusCalidris

Other Common Names

Bécasseau à queue pointue (FR)

Concept Reference

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-04-07

Change Date1996-11-26

Range Extent200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)

Range Extent Comments

BREEDS: northeastern Siberia, possibly western Alaska. NORTHERN WINTER: East Indies, Australasia, Polynesia. Migrates regularly through Hawaii (mostly in west, common in fall, rare in spring), western Alaska and rarely (primarily in fall) from south-coastal and southeastern Alaska south along the Pacific coast to southern California and through Pacific islands (AOU 1998). Casual elsewhere in North America, mostly in fall (recorded from northeastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Ontario, New York, and New England south to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, the Gulf coast and Florida); sight report for Quebec (AOU 1998).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Nonbreeding: wet grassy areas, marshes, flooded fields, freshwater and tidal mudflats, shores of lakes and ponds (AOU 1983, Pratt et al. 1987). Nests on grassy tundra (AOU 1983).

Terrestrial Habitats

Grassland/herbaceousTundra

Palustrine Habitats

Riparian

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4M

Province	Rank	Native
Yukon Territory	S1M	Yes
British Columbia	SUM	Yes

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	SNA	Yes
Washington	SNA	Yes
Alaska	S4M	Yes

Threat Assessments

Threat	Scope	Severity	Timing
11 - Climate change & severe weather	Pervasive (71-100%)	Unknown	Low (long-term)
11.1 - Habitat shifting & alteration	Pervasive (71-100%)	Unknown	Low (long-term)

Roadless Areas (1)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mansfield Peninsula	Tongass National Forest	54,991

References (10)

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Check-list of North American Birds, 6th edition. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Jehl, J. R., Jr. 1973. Breeding biology and systematic relationships of the stilt sandpiper. Wilson Bulletin 85:115-147.
Knopf, F.L. 1996. Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus). In A. Poole and F. Gill, editors. The Birds of North America, No. 211. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC. 16 pp.
Knopf, F.L., and J.R. Rupert. 1996. Productivity and movements of mountain plovers breeding in Colorado. Wilson Bulletin 108:28-35.
Morrison, R. I. G., R. E. Gill, Jr., B. A. Harrington, S. Skagen, G. W. Page, C. L. Gratto-Trevor, and S. M. Haig. 2001. Estimates of shorebird populations in North America. Occasional Paper Number 104, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON. 64 pages.
Nol, E., and M. S. Blanken. 1999. Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus). No. 444 IN A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. The birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 24pp.
Pratt, H. D., P. L. Bruner, and D. G. Berrett. 1987. A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 409 pp. + 45 plates.
Rubega, M. A., D. Schamel, and D. M. Tracy. 2000. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). No. 538 IN A. Poole and F. Gill, editors, The birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 28pp.
Sibley, C. G., and J. E. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds: a study in molecular evolution. Yale Univ. Press, New Haven. xxiii + 976 pp.

Calidris acuminata

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