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Calidris bairdii

(Coues, 1861)

Baird's Sandpiper

G5Secure Found in 17 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106542

Element CodeABNNF11120

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassAves

OrderCharadriiformes

FamilyScolopacidae

GenusCalidris

Other Common Names

Bécasseau de Baird (FR) Maçarico-de-Bico-Fino (PT) Playero de Baird, Chorlito de Alas Largas (ES)

Concept Reference

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-04-07

Change Date1996-11-26

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Range Extent Comments

BREEDS: northeastern Siberia, northwestern Alaska, arctic Canada, northwestern Greenland. NORTHERN WINTER: South America locally in Andes of Ecuador, and from central Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay south through Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego. Accidental in Hawaii.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Nonbreeding: mudflats, estuaries, grassy marshes, and dry grassy areas near lakes and ponds, rarely dry pastures and prairies away from water (AOU 1983); prefers grassy margins of ponds, marshes, and wet pastures (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Nests in dry coastal and alpine tundra (AOU 1983); favors well-drained, often stony ridges--low mountaintops, river terraces, coastal barrens and bluffs (Johnson and Herter 1989). Nests on the ground in a shallow depression, often under a grass tuft or among rocks.

Ecology

Nonbreeding: usually in small groups or singly; often seen with other sandpipers. Some defend feeding territories.

Reproduction

Clutches are completed mid- to late June. No renesting. Both sexes, in turn, incubate 4 eggs for 19-21 days (Terres 1980). Eggs hatch mainly in early to mid-July. Young are tended by both adults; capable of first flight at 16-20 days.

Terrestrial Habitats

Grassland/herbaceousAlpineTundra

Palustrine Habitats

HERBACEOUS WETLANDRiparian

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN4B

Province	Rank	Native
Alaska	S4B	Yes
Alabama	SNA	Yes
New York	SNRN	Yes
New Mexico	S4N	Yes
Mississippi	SNA	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNA	Yes
District of Columbia	S1N	Yes
Nevada	S1M	Yes
Minnesota	SNRM	Yes
North Carolina	SNA	Yes
Montana	SNA	Yes
Tennessee	S3N	Yes
Wisconsin	SNA	Yes
Missouri	SNA	Yes
Maryland	SNA	Yes
Indiana	SNA	Yes
Wyoming	S4N	Yes
Oklahoma	SNRN	Yes
Ohio	SNA	Yes
Kentucky	SNA	Yes
New Jersey	S4N	Yes
Washington	SNA	Yes
Louisiana	SNA	Yes
Idaho	S2M	Yes
Connecticut	SNA	Yes
Illinois	SNA	Yes
Delaware	SNA	Yes
California	SNA	Yes
Iowa	S3N	Yes
Nebraska	SNRN	Yes
Vermont	SNA	Yes
Massachusetts	S2N	Yes
Kansas	S4N	Yes
Oregon	SNA	Yes
South Carolina	SNA	Yes
Colorado	S5N	Yes
South Dakota	SNA	Yes
Arizona	S4M	Yes
Utah	SNA	Yes
Texas	S3	Yes
Arkansas	SNA	Yes
Michigan	SNRN	Yes
Navajo Nation	S3M	Yes
New Hampshire	SNA	Yes
Maine	SNA	Yes
West Virginia	SNA	Yes
North Dakota	SNA	Yes
Rhode Island	S2N	Yes
Virginia	SNA	Yes

CanadaN5B

Province	Rank	Native
Manitoba	S3M	Yes
Alberta	SUM	Yes
Northwest Territories	S5	Yes
Nunavut	S5B	Yes
Ontario	S4M	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	Yes
New Brunswick	S1M	Yes
Yukon Territory	S4B	Yes
Nova Scotia	SNA	Yes
Saskatchewan	SUM	Yes
Quebec	S3M	Yes
British Columbia	S2B,S4M	Yes

Threat Assessments

Threat	Scope	Severity	Timing
11 - Climate change & severe weather	Pervasive (71-100%)	Unknown	Low (long-term)
11.1 - Habitat shifting & alteration	Pervasive (71-100%)	Unknown	Low (long-term)

Roadless Areas (17)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
South Kruzof	Tongass National Forest	55,193

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pinaleno	Coronado National Forest	130,920

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Glass Mountain	Inyo National Forest	52,867

Colorado (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Dome Peak	Routt NF	35,716
Long Park	Routt NF	42,100

Montana (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - Swan	Lewis and Clark National Forest	344,022
Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - Swan	Lolo National Forest	118,485
Bmss Ra 1485	Flathead National Forest	334,275
Cube Iron - Silcox	Lolo National Forest	36,998
Nevada Mountain	Helena National Forest	50,135

Nevada (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bunker Hill	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	27,569
Shellback	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	36,455
Toiyabe Range	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	99,225

New Hampshire (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Jobildunk	White Mountain National Forest	3,660

Oregon (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tahkenitch	Siuslaw National Forest	5,799
Tenmile	Siuslaw National Forest	10,818

Utah (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wellsville	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	1,717

References (28)

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