The Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) breeds in the high arctic tundra and winters along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and much of Central America. The first 3 shots on this page were taken of a spring migrant in Austin, Travis Co.
Stilt Sandpipers need shallow pools and seasonal wetlands for migrating and wintering. The conservation of prairie wetlands, like those at Cheyenne Bottoms in Kansas, benefit spring migrants.
Stilt Sandpiper Behaviour
No observations regarding Stilt Sandpiper behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Stilt Sandpipers ...
The Stilt Sandpiper is very similar in shape to one of the yellowlegs, but is more closely related to the tiniest of the sandpipers. When feeding, they tend to act like a dowitcher, probing mudflats and shallow water with their long bills.
Stilt Sandpiper
(Calidris himantopus)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2007
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as migrant in small numbers along the edges of ponds and lakes.
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte)
Status Uncommon transient. Dwight (1903) recorded an adult female collected on Sable Island on 18 August 1902.
Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus - Breeding plumage
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Stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Far eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Sanderling (Calidris alba) ...
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus. Common in spring, late summer and fall, and rare in winter in Gulf Coast region. In Tennessee Valley and Inland Coastal Plain regions, uncommon in fall, and rare in spring and summer.
Stilt Sandpiper
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Upland Sandpiper
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 30 Jul
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis: Black Dirt Region of Orange County, NY, 11 Sep ...
Micropalama himantopus - Stilt Sandpiper
Tryngites
Tryngites subruficollis - Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Philomachus
Philomachus pugnax - Ruff
Gallinago
Gallinago gallinago - Common Snipe (photo)
Scolopax ...
Basic-plumaged Stilt Sandpiper is similar, but Stilt Sandpiper has longer legs, dusky streaks on chest and flanks, and lacks the black patch around the eye.
LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER, Audubon's Stilt Sandpiper, Douglass' Stilt Sandpiper, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. pp. 138, 140, 141.
LONG-LEGGED SANDPIPER, Tringa himantopus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iv. p. 332.
Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus (A)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis (A) Near-threatened
Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor (A)
Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus (A)
Red Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius (A) ...
Green-winged Teal - 85 (high number for date) Blue-winged Teal - 20 Hooded Merganser - 2 Greater Yellowlegs - 200 (A new high for me in NH) Lesser Yellowlegs - 25 STILT SANDPIPER - 5 (all juveniles) Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 (adult) Lots of ...
 See also: Stilt, Sandpiper, Dowitcher, Curlew, Yellowlegs
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