Bird
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsApr · Aug–Sepmost records
Records838,078in 50 countries
Most seen inUnited States651,889 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Pectoral Sandpiper in brief
The pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.
Across the 50 countries we cover it has 838,078 published records, most of them from the United States, Canada and the Netherlands. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in April, August and September and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United States651,889 records · best Aug, Sep
Canada125,519 records · best Sep, Aug
Netherlands13,296 records · best Sep, Aug
Argentina11,081 records · best Jan, Oct
Sweden10,661 records · best Sep, May
United Kingdom6,609 records · best Sep, Oct
Paraguay2,314 records · best Sep, Oct
Uruguay2,078 records · best Nov, Dec
Norway2,060 records · best May, Jul
Portugal2,006 records · best Sep, Oct
Bolivia1,735 records · best Sep, Oct
Denmark1,650 records · best Jul, Aug
Chile1,188 records · best Feb, Mar
Barbados1,117 records · best Oct, Sep
New Zealand949 records · best Jan, Feb
Trinidad and Tobago580 records · best Oct, Sep
Bahamas538 records · best Oct, Sep
Ireland385 records · best Sep, Aug
Grenada366 records · best Oct, Sep
El Salvador340 records · best May, Apr
Cuba288 records · best Sep, Oct
Poland188 records · best Sep, Oct
Austria157 records · best Sep, May
Finland138 records · best Sep, Oct
Iceland134 records · best Sep, May
Switzerland126 records · best Sep, Oct
Dominican Republic117 records · best Sep, Oct
Czechia80 records · best Sep, Oct
Antigua and Barbuda70 records · best Nov, Oct
Palau70 records · best Oct, Sep
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51 records · best Aug, Sep
Hungary47 records · best Sep, Oct
Vanuatu41 records · best Oct, Nov
Saint Kitts and Nevis39 records · best Oct, Sep
Saint Lucia33 records · best Oct, Sep
Marshall Islands21 records · best Oct, Jul
Dominica18 records · best Oct, Aug
Lithuania17 records · best Oct, Sep
Slovakia15 records · best Aug, Sep
Jamaica15 records · best Sep, Jul
Cape Verde14 records · best Nov, Oct
Haiti10 records · best Sep, Aug
Micronesia8 records · best Nov, Apr
East Timor8 records · best Dec, Oct
Latvia5 records · best Sep, Jan
Luxembourg3 records · best Aug, Jan
Mauritius1 records · best Dec, Jan
Seychelles1 records · best Nov, Jan
São Tomé and Príncipe1 records · best Nov, Jan
Samoa1 records · best Jul, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.