Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calidris bairdii
Playero de Baird, Baird's Sandpiper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
bairdii
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Lévêque et al. (1966) report birds collected on Santa Fe on 6 October 1897 and on Española on 23 September 1957. Two were found dead at James Bay, Santiago, on 28 October 1972 (Harris 1973).
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calidris bairdii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5043. Accessed 4 November 2026.