Galapagos Species Database

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Calidris mauri Cabanis, 1857

Playero occidental, Western Sandpiper

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Scolopacidae

Genus
Calidris

Species
mauri

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Vagrant

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: Lévêque et al. (1966) reported one bird Santiago bird collected on 26 October 1961 (in Museum National D’Histoire Naturelle, Paris).

References

  • 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.
  • Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
  • 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 mauri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5047. Accessed 11 June 2026.