Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calidris himantopus
Correlino tarsilargo, Stilt Sandpiper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
himantopus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Lévêque et al. (1966) reported a Harry S. Swarth record from Puerto Villamil, Isabela, 27-28 April 1932 and a specimen by André Brosset on 8 October 1962 at Academy Bay, Santa Cruz.
- 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.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calidris himantopus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5046. Accessed 31 October 2026.