species 7,226 observations
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Field notes
The purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) 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.
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Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided