Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861) BP BAISA 5060
Family: Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae

Slightly smaller than a Dunlin, with long wings (so the primaries project beyond the tail), Baird's Sandpiper is a rare but regular autumn visitor from North America.

The female Baird's Sandpiper lays a clutch of eggs that is up to 120% of her body mass in just four days, shortly after arriving in the Arctic, with essentially no stored fat.

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  • Breeding
  • Winter
2.4k records observations recorded by BTO surveyors
2.4k records

BTO RECORDS

Identification

Baird's Sandpiper identification is sometimes difficult.

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Status and Trends

Population size and trends and patterns of distribution based on BTO surveys and atlases with data collected by BTO volunteers.

CONSERVATION STATUS

This species can be found on the following statutory and conservation listings and schedules.

POPULATION SIZE

We have no population estimates for this scarce species.

DISTRIBUTION

This species is a rare vagrant and was recorded during Bird Atlas 2007–11 as shown on the map.

Baird's Sandpiper winter distribution 2008-11
Britain and Ireland Winter Distribution 2008-2011.
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Occupied 10-km squares in UK

DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

This vagrant is too rarely reported to map distribution change.

SEASONALITY

Baird Sandpiper is a rare vagrant in autumn.

Weekly occurence of Baird's Sandpiper from BirdTrack
Weekly occurrence patterns (shaded cells) and reporting rates (vertical bars) based on BirdTrack data. Reporting rates give the likelihood of encountering the species each week.

Movement

Information about movement and migration based on online bird portals (e.g. BirdTrack), Ringing schemes and tracking studies.

RINGING RECOVERIES

View a summary of recoveries in the Online Ringing Report.

Biology

Lifecycle and body size information about Baird's Sandpiper, including statistics on nesting, eggs and lifespan based on BTO ringing and nest recording data.

PRODUCTIVITY & NESTING

Sample sizes are too small to report Productivity and Nesting statistics for this species.

CODES & CLASSIFICATION

For information in another language (where available) click on a linked name

Welsh: Pibydd Baird
Catalan: territ de Baird
Czech: jespák dlouhokrídlý
Danish: Bairdsryle
Dutch: Bairds Strandloper
Estonian: eskimo risla e. eskimo rüdi
Finnish: eskimosirri
French: Bécasseau de Baird
German: Bairdstrandläufer
Hungarian: Baird-partfutó
Icelandic: Leirutíta
Irish: Gobadán Baird
Italian: Gambecchio di Baird
Latvian: garsparnu šnibitis
Lithuanian: baltapilvis begikas
Norwegian: Gulbrystsnipe
Polish: biegus dlugoskrzydly
Portuguese: maçarico-de-bico-fino / pilrito-de-bico-fino
Slovak: pobrežník plavý
Slovenian: vrtorepi prodnik
Spanish: Correlimos de Baird
Swedish: gulbröstad snäppa

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