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OverviewAI-generated
The Purple Sandpiper (*Calidris maritima*) is a species of bird within the family Scolopacidae and order Charadriiformes. It belongs to the genus *Calidris* and is classified under the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Brünnich in 1764 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon.
Physically, the Purple Sandpiper has a wingspan of 44 and a mass of 76.3. It inhabits marine environments and is found in Africa. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2024. Other common names for this bird include Sendlingur, Fjæreplytt, and Meerstrandläufer.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, IUCN Red List, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least Concernpurple sandpiper
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyScolopacidae
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Calidris
- Mass
- 76.3
- Image
- 2019-08-13 02 Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), Reykjavik Iceland.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Calidris maritima
- Commons category
- Calidris maritima
- Commons gallery
- Calidris maritima
- has fruit type
- capsule
- wingspan
- 44
- short name
- C. maritima
- taxon range
- Africa
- taxon common name
- mazaricu los pedreros
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Encyclopedic overview
The purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) is a small shorebird in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. This is a hardy sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America and winters further south on the Atlantic coast.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purple Sandpiper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.