Curlew Sandpiper
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Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Overview

Table Mountain National Park, Dorob National Park and Namib-Naukluft are among nine atlas places where the Curlew Sandpiper is recorded. Its records concentrate in Australia, South Africa and Spain, and the atlas holds about 189,000 records of Calidris ferruginea across 38 countries. Because this map is based on open records, it shows where they concentrate rather than the entire range.

Recorded months differ by region, and each place page shows the months recorded for that area.

Records
189,073
Countries
38
Atlas places
9
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Curlew Sandpiper as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Australia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 42787 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · high confidence · 28101 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Spain
    25 km zone · high confidence · 16439 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Taiwan
    25 km zone · high confidence · 14736 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Norway
    25 km zone · high confidence · 12170 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • United Kingdom
    25 km zone · high confidence · 10333 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Portugal
    25 km zone · high confidence · 8944 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • India
    25 km zone · high confidence · 6391 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Thailand
    25 km zone · high confidence · 6213 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 5275 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Curlew Sandpiper