Broad-billed Sandpiper
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Sandpipers and Allies

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Calidris falcinellus

VUVulnerable
Family
Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
Order
Charadriiformes

Overview

The broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) is a small wader. The scientific specific name falcinellus is the diminutive from Latin falx, falcis, "a small sickle". It was formerly treated in its own monospecific genus Limicola, but this was found to be embedded within the wider genus Calidris, into which it was transferred in 2004.
Within the genus Calidris, the broad-billed sandpiper is most closely related to the sharp-tailed sandpiper (C. acuminata).

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.