Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
VUVulnerable
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) is a small-medium migratory wader or shorebird, found mostly in Siberia during the summer breeding period (June to August) and Australia for wintering (September to March).
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds low Arctic tundra from Lena to Kolyma rivers (northeastern Siberia); winters from Wallacea eastward through Australasia; prone to extreme vagrancy.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Countries
- Australia
- Austria
- Brunei
- Canada
- China
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Fiji
- Germany
- Guam
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Malaysia
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Poland
- Reunion
- Russia
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- United States
- Vanuatu
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Sharp-tailed 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.
