Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Witrugstrandloper
Common Names in Dutch:
Bairds Strandloper
Common Names in English:
Baird's Sandpiper, BairdÃŒs Sandpiper, Grass-Bird
Common Names in French:
Bècasseau De Baird, Bécasseau De Baird, Bécasseau De Baird
Common Names in German:
Baird-Strandläufer, Bairdstrandläufer
Common Names in Italian:
Gambecchio Di Baird
Common Names in Japanese:
ヒメウズラシギ
Common Names in Russian:
Berdov Pesochnik
Common Names in Spanish:
Correlimos De Baird, Playero De Baird
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Body: Breast: buffy Rump : dark Size: fairly small Wings: Shape : long.Adult Breeding Season : Head : Crown: streaked with black and buff Bill: blackish with brown base Neck: Foreneck: washed with dull buff and finely streaked with dark brown Throat : white Body: Belly: white Breast: buff, streaked with dark brown Mantle: feathers blackish with broad, buff edges Rump: blackish Sides: buffy-white Size: fairly small Upperparts: grayish-brown with faint dusky streaking Legs : Leg Color: black Wings: Shape: long.Adult Summer: Head: buff with fine streaks Face : Eyeline: pale Bill: dark Curvature: straight, slightly drooped at tip Body: Back: buff streaked with brown Breast: buff with fine streaks Underparts: white Legs: Foot Color: blackish Leg Color: blackish.Adult Winter: Bill: blackish with brown base Neck: Foreneck: washed with dull buff and finely streaked with dark brown Throat: white Body: Belly: white Breast: washed with dull buff and finely streaked with dark brown Rump: blackish Sides: buffy-white Size: fairly small Upperparts: grayish-brown with faint dusky streaking Legs: Leg Color: black Wings: Shape: long.Immature: Head: Crown: streaked with black and buff Bill: blackish with brown base Neck: Foreneck: washed with dull buff and finely streaked with dark brown Throat: white Body: Belly: white Breast: buff with indistinct, dark streaking Mantle: feathers blackish with white fringe Rump: blackish Sides: buffy-white Size: fairly small Upperparts: grayish-brown with faint dusky streaking Legs: Leg Color: black Wings: Shape: long.
Size/Age/Growth
About 7.5 inches long, with a wingspan of 15 to 16.5 inches. Adults weigh about 1.4 ounces .
Habitat
Seen along mud flats.
Vegetation: freshwater lakes and ponds, alkaline lakes, coastal sand beaches and mudflats, freshwater marshes • Maximum Elevation: 4,600 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: High
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,999 meters (0 to 13,120 feet).Mean = 496.030 meters (1,627.395 feet), Standard Deviation = 590.690 based on 5,392 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Diet
Primarily:
Aquatic
Invertebrates
Reproduction
- Clutch Size: 4
- Length of Incubation : 20-22 days
- Days to Fledge : 16-20
- Number of Broods: 1
Migration
Migratory
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Charadrii
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Infraorder:
Charadriides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
()
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
()
-
- Family:
Scolopacidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Scolopacidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
(
- Infraorder:
Charadriides
(
- Suborder:
Charadrii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Calidris bairdii (Coues) 1861
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
White-Rumped Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper
Members of the genus Calidris
There are approximately 60 species in this genus:
C. acuminata (Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper) · C. alba (Sanderling) · C. alba alba · C. alba rubida · C. albus · C. alpina (Dunlin) · C. alpina actites · C. alpina alpina (Dunlin) · C. alpina arctica (Dunlin) · C. alpina arcticola · C. alpina centralis · C. alpina hudsonia · C. alpina kistchinski · C. alpina pacifica (Dunlin) · C. alpina sakhalina · C. alpina schinzii (Dunlin) · C. alpina ssp · C. arenaria · C. bairdi · C. bairdii (Baird's Sandpiper) · C. canutus (Red Knot) · C. canutus canutus (Red Knot) · C. canutus islandica · C. canutus piersmai · C. canutus rogersi · C. canutus roselaari · C. canutus rufa (Red Knot) · C. canutus rufus · C. cooperi · C. ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper) · C. ferrugineus · C. feruginea (Curlew Sandpiper) · C. fuscicollis (White-Rumped Sandpiper) · C. himantopus (Stilt Sandpiper) · C. maritima (Purple Sandpiper) · C. maritima littoralis · C. maritima maritima · C. mauri (Western Sandpiper) · C. melanotos (Pectoral Sandpiper) · C. minuta (Little Stint) · C. minutilla (Least Sandpiper) · C. minutus · C. ptilocnemis (Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis couesi (Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis ptilocnemis (Pribilof Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis quarta (Rock Sandpiper) · C. ptilocnemis tschuktschorum (Rock Sandpiper) · C. pusilla (Semipalmated Sandpiper) · C. pusillus · C. ruficoilis · C. ruficolis · C. ruficollis (Red-Necked Stint) · C. subminuta (Long-Toed Stint) · C. temminchii · C. temmincki · C. temminckii (Temminck's Stint) · C. temminkii · C. tenuinostris · C. tenuirostris (Great Knot) · C. testacea
Bibliography
- Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
- Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)
More Info
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Calidris bairdii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
- Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, and quot;Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds, and quot; in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
- Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, and J. Fallon. 2005. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2004. Version 2005.2. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Sauer, J. R., S. Schwartz, and B. Hoover. 1996. The Christmas Bird Count Home Page. Version 95.1. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:
- Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
- Avian Knowledge Network: Macaulay Library - Video Data
- Bird Studies Canada: BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
- Bird Studies Canada: Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 2001-2005
- Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Bird Collection
- Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
- GBIF-Sweden: Birds (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Bird specimens
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
- University of Alberta: University of Alberta Ornithology Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851107
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176655
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13821236
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176655
- IUCN ID: 49083
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNF11120
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7537
