Purple sandpiper. Their wings are white underneath. Photos we are missing. Breeds in high Arctic and mountains. Purple Sandpiper ( Calidris maritima) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Purple Sandpiper ( Calidris maritima) IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Purple Sandpiper ( Calidris maritima) IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Purple Sandpiper ( Calidris maritima) In the breeding season, their feathers are brownish gray and light brown. Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima. Calidris maritima . Bill droops slightly and has an orange base. 1 Dec 2012.

What do they look like?

Calidris maritima Order CHARADRIIFORMES Family Sandpipers, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) Code 4 PUSA Code 6 CALMAR ... Like to see your photo here-Submission Guidelines. Winter plumage is similar but lacks the scalloped back and heavy spotting on breast. English: Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima littoralis), young adult, at the harbor in Reykjavik, Iceland on August 13, 2019.

Ísafjörður--hafnarsvæði (harbour area), Vestfirðir, IS This is an adult molting out of breeding plumage. The Purple Sandpiper has a large range, estimated globally at 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 square kilometers. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), version 1.0.In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Sighting Ref : IB126646: Sighting Date : 21 Mar 20: Common Name : Purple Sandpiper: Scientific Name : Calidris maritima: Location : Dun Laoghaire: County : It has a downcurved beak and short bright orange legs. In the breeding season, their feathers are brownish gray and light brown.

In flight, it shows a thin white wing-stripe. It winters farther north on the Atlantic Coast than any other shorebird, and its chosen habitat is on coastal rocks pounded by the surf.

The species is accidental in the inland United States (Payne and Pierce 2002).

Generally dark grayish; purple sheen only visible at close distance in good light. In winter plumage the base of bill and legs are yellow, and the upperparts grey with dark markings. Adult of Purple Sandpiper.

Species information. Beak similar to Dunlin’s, legs yellowish-grey or brownish-yellow. Calidris maritima. Payne, L. X. and E. P. Pierce (2020). 0. The purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) is a stocky wader that breeds in the north-eastern parts of Arctic Canada, in Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, in Northern Scandinavia and the western parts of the Russian Arctic. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) 27 July 2018. These subdued, gray-and-white sandpipers nimbly explore seaweed-covered rocks as they search for mussels, crustaceans, and flies, flashing bright orange on the legs and bill. Scientific name: Calidris maritima. 5 Jul 2005. 4.5. Survival and winter site-fidelity of Turnstones Arenaria interpres and Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in northeast England. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) Appearance: Robust, compact and dark wader, with relatively long and slightly curved bill. Their feathers change a little bit in the winter. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) in Portugal By José Frade 3 years 4 months ago . 0.