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Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

IUCN status: Least concern

 

Identification

Small sandpiper with relatively long, droopy bill 

Confusing Species

Semipalmated sandpiper

Red-necked Stint

Little Stint

 

 

Distribution

 

Distribution

Vagrant to Australia.

Migratory habits

Migrates to coasts of North and South America

Breeding

Breeds in Alaska.

Sightings of Western Sandpiper in Australia

Location State Sighting period
Bald Hill Beach SA 19/04/2022
Western Port Bay VIC Nov 2017 to Dec 2017

References

  1. eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available:  http://www.ebird.org (Accessed: Date 12/4/2026)
  2. Rogers A, Fuller RA & Amano T (2023) Australia’s migratory shorebirds: Trends and prospects. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. University of Queensland, Brisbane.
  3. Driessen, J., Kidd, L. R., Weller, D. R., Purnell, C., Maguire, G., Jaensch, R., and LeClair, S. M. (2025). Australian National Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat. Report for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. BirdLife Australia, Melbourne.
  4. https://sproggies63.github.io/birding_apps/
  5. Geering, Andrew, Lindsay Agnew, and Sandra Harding, eds. Shorebirds of Australia. Csiro Publishing, 2007.
  6. Franks, S. E., D. B. Lank, and W. H. Wilson Jr. (2020). Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.wessan.01