Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

The purple sandpiper 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.

Scientific name

Calidris maritima

Family

Sandpipers and Allies

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Red