Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Dunlin

Dunlin Calidris alpina

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Red-backed Sandpiper
Old scientific name(s): Erolia alpina

Photographs

Fort DeSoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida, USA - Nov 9, 2004 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Apr 12, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 9, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 5, 2001 © William Hull  Anna Maria Island, Manatee County, Florida, USA - Nov 5, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

Holarctic:
(1) Ne. Greenland.
Winters in nw. Africa.
(2) Se. Greenland, Iceland, Faeroes, British Isles, the Netherlands, s. Scandinavia and Baltic Sea region.
Winters in s. Europe and nw. Africa.
(3) N. Scandinavia, Sptizbergen and n. Russia, Novaya Zemlya e. to the Kolyma River.
Winters in w. Europe and the Mediterranean Basin e. to nw. India and Bangladesh (sparsely).
(4) N. Siberia from the Kolyma River e. to the Chokotski Peninsula and Anadyrland.
Winters in e. China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Some birds may also winter in w. North America.
(5) N. Sakhalin Is.
Wintering grounds unknown.
(6) N. Sea of Okhotsk and Koryakland (Koryak Mountains) through the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Kuril Is.
Wintering grounds unknown.
(7) N. of Seward Peninsula in nw. Alaska and nw. Canada.
Winters in e. China, Korea and Japan.
(8) S. of Seward Peninsula in sw. Alaska Nunivak Is. and Hooper Bay.
Winters in w. United States, w. Mexico and probably the Hawaiian Islands.
(9) Nc. Canada in n. Mackenzie on Baillie Is., ne. Keewatin, Southampton Is., Somerset Is. and Baffin Is. s. to ne. Manitoba and n. Ontario at Cape Henrietta Maria.
Winters in se. United States and probably the West Indies and e. Mexico.

Videos

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 5, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Feb 16, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Birds are walking around a mudflat and feeding.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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