Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
NTNear Threatened
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) is a small shorebird. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek; the genus name kalidris or skalidris is a term used by Aristotle for a gray-colored waterside bird. The specific himantopus means "strap foot" or "thong foot", and also refers to the stilt.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds tundra to taiga edge of North Slope of Alaska eastward to north-central Canada; winters Mexico and throughout the Caribbean; in Central America mainly along Pacific coast; coastal South America to Peru and northern Brazil, and in pampas of north-central Argentina.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Spain
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Stilt sandpiper
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
