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Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper

Calidris acuminata

118Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
6Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug45
Sep25
Oct0
Nov39
Dec9

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Bath and North East Somerset England41
2Kent England24
3East Riding of Yorkshire England23
4Cornwall England13
5Bristol, City of England7
6Angus Scotland6
109 England9 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
118
Peak month
August
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Calidris acuminata
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
Described
1821

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q753760 · GBIF 2481769