Scientific Name:
Calidris maritima
Purple Sandpiper Fact File
Distribution: Northern Canada; Greenland; Iceland; Svalbard; Scandinavia to north-central Siberia
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: None – Monotypic
Current conservation efforts
None
Gallery
We would like to thank the following photographers: Elis Simpson – Wader Quest, Frode Falkenberg.