Pectoral Sandpiper

Scientific Name: Calidris melanotos

Pectoral Sandpiper Fact File

Distribution: Northern Siberia; Western and Northern Alaska and Northern Canada

Conservation Status: Least Concern

Subspecies: None – Monotypic

Further Reading: Atlantic Forest Sandpiper

Hybrids:

• ‘Cox’s Sandpiper’ = Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea  x Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotus Parker 1982

Current conservation efforts

None

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