Purple sandpiper: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the purple sandpiper lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Calidris maritima
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	67.6 g (male organism, adult weight); 76.3 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the purple sandpiper live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the purple sandpiper in 21 countries and territories across Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a purple sandpiper?

Wikidata records the following for the purple sandpiper: mass 67.6 g (male organism, adult weight); 76.3 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the purple sandpiper endangered?

The purple sandpiper’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the purple sandpiper?

The purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Calidris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the purple sandpiper

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Purple sandpiper (revision 1347425637), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q62359 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).