Bird

Sanderling

Calidris alba · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes

Best monthsAug–Octmost records

Records2,037,580in 124 countries

Most seen inUnited States1,290,222 records

Red ListLeast concernIUCN status

About

Sanderling in brief

The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.

Across the 124 countries we cover it has 2,037,580 published records, most of them from the United States, Canada and Denmark. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in August, September and October and fall to their lowest in June and July.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

United States1,290,222 records · best Sep, Aug

Canada136,301 records · best Sep, Aug

Denmark74,028 records · best Aug, Sep

United Kingdom71,830 records · best May, Aug

Spain69,324 records · best Sep, Jan

Sweden60,876 records · best Aug, Sep

Netherlands59,915 records · best Jan, Oct

Portugal50,922 records · best Oct, Dec

France34,093 records · best Jan, Sep

Mexico29,659 records · best Dec, Jan

Norway27,631 records · best Aug, Sep

Chile12,841 records · best Oct, Feb

Taiwan12,582 records · best Apr, Dec

Belgium10,799 records · best Jan, Dec

Germany8,234 records · best Oct, Sep

Peru8,033 records · best Sep, Oct

Ireland5,962 records · best Sep, Aug

Iceland4,494 records · best May, Jun

Japan3,908 records · best Sep, Aug

China3,771 records · best May, Apr

Venezuela3,675 records · best Nov, Mar

Morocco3,598 records · best Apr, Mar

Cuba3,547 records · best Feb, Mar

Italy3,337 records · best Jan, Dec

Namibia3,111 records · best Nov, Oct

Honduras2,752 records · best Feb, Jan

Poland2,747 records · best Sep, Aug

United Arab Emirates2,689 records · best Oct, Jan

Bahamas2,412 records · best Jan, Feb

Israel2,116 records · best Aug, Sep

Estonia1,896 records · best Aug, Sep

El Salvador1,801 records · best Feb, Oct

Oman1,553 records · best Nov, Feb

Türkiye1,493 records · best Sep, Jan

Cape Verde1,387 records · best Apr, Mar

Gambia1,203 records · best Nov, Jan

South Korea1,183 records · best Sep, Aug

Greece1,123 records · best Sep, May

Mozambique1,113 records · best Jan, Dec

Barbados1,086 records · best Sep, Jan

Nicaragua973 records · best Sep, Oct

Finland934 records · best Aug, Sep

Senegal901 records · best Jan, Feb

Dominican Republic889 records · best Feb, Jan

Madagascar785 records · best Nov, Oct

Iran755 records · best Jan, Feb

Georgia741 records · best Sep, Aug

Bulgaria688 records · best Sep, May

Kuwait658 records · best Apr, Jan

Sri Lanka639 records · best Feb, Jan

Uruguay601 records · best May, Dec

Austria581 records · best Sep, Aug

Ukraine562 records · best Sep, Aug

Jamaica552 records · best Mar, Feb

Czechia545 records · best Sep, Aug

Seychelles484 records · best Oct, Nov

New Zealand435 records · best Jan, Feb

Trinidad and Tobago432 records · best Dec, Jan

Saudi Arabia426 records · best Apr, Oct

Romania380 records · best Sep, Aug

Mauritania349 records · best Nov, Jan

Switzerland315 records · best May, Sep

Qatar246 records · best Oct, Nov

Mongolia242 records · best May, Aug

Singapore226 records · best Nov, Oct

Hungary224 records · best Sep, May

Azerbaijan218 records · best Oct, Sep

Cyprus205 records · best Apr, Sep

Algeria205 records · best Sep, Nov

Kazakhstan183 records · best May, Oct

Angola175 records · best Jan, Sep

Djibouti167 records · best Sep, Feb

Tunisia160 records · best Apr, Dec

Latvia146 records · best Sep, Aug

Grenada139 records · best Oct, Jan

Libya139 records · best Sep, Oct

Belarus130 records · best Sep, Aug

Lithuania121 records · best Sep, Aug

Saint Kitts and Nevis115 records · best Mar, Jan

Gabon113 records · best Sep, Oct

Guinea-Bissau109 records · best Jan, Oct

Albania106 records · best Oct, Apr

Antigua and Barbuda105 records · best Jan, Apr

East Timor93 records · best Oct, Sep

Palau90 records · best Oct, Sep

Egypt78 records · best Oct, Mar

Croatia73 records · best Sep, Aug

Slovakia63 records · best Sep, Aug

Saint Lucia57 records · best Sep, Oct

Fiji54 records · best Oct, Dec

Haiti53 records · best Dec, Jan

Maldives53 records · best Mar, Apr

Mauritius52 records · best Nov, Dec

Serbia48 records · best Sep, Oct

Liberia48 records · best Sep, Feb

Slovenia46 records · best Sep, Aug

Yemen46 records · best Oct, Feb

Guinea40 records · best Jan, Mar

Montenegro38 records · best Apr, Sep

Bahrain37 records · best Oct, Nov

Sierra Leone37 records · best Jan, Dec

Armenia31 records · best May, Sep

Marshall Islands24 records · best Oct, Nov

Lebanon22 records · best Sep, Aug

Somalia21 records · best Oct, Jan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21 records · best May, Oct

Moldova13 records · best Aug, Oct

Dominica12 records · best Dec, Aug

Eritrea12 records · best Jan, Mar

São Tomé and Príncipe11 records · best Oct, Nov

Samoa11 records · best Nov, Feb

Togo10 records · best Dec, Oct

Kiribati9 records · best Nov, Mar

Micronesia7 records · best Mar, Jan

Malta6 records · best Sep, May

Luxembourg3 records · best May, Apr

Comoros3 records · best Nov, Oct

North Korea2 records · best Apr, Jan

Solomon Islands2 records · best Sep, Nov

Syria2 records · best Sep, Jan

Turkmenistan2 records · best Aug, Jan

Vanuatu2 records · best Feb, Mar

Kosovo1 records · best May, Jan

Tuvalu1 records · best May, Jan

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.