Spoon-billed sandpiper

Spoon-billed sandpiper
non-breeding
breeding
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
Species:
C. pygmaea
Binomial name
Calidris pygmaea
Synonyms
  • Platalea pygmea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Eurynorhynchus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spoon-billed sandpiper in breeding plumage
A "spoonie" on the breeding grounds in Chukotka, Siberia, June 2015.

The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species is highly threatened, and it is said that since the 1970s the breeding population has decreased significantly. By 2000, the estimated breeding population of the species was 350–500.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Calidris pygmaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22693452A134202771. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22693452A134202771.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.