Purple Sandpiper (Bécasseau violet)

Calidris maritima

Summary 2

The Purple Sandpiper, Calidris, Arquatella or Erolia maritima is a small shorebird.

Status 3

Status : M, HO(12)
Date d'arrivée record: 15/04/1964 (île aux Brumes)
Date de départ record: 4/01/1973 (Baie Sainte-Catherine)

Mentions rares d'hivernage et de nidification
H: Escoumins (3/01+4/02/1998)

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7457894@N04/3142928494
  2. Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calidris_maritima
  3. (c) Roger Simard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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