Scientific Name:

Calidris maritima

 

Purple Sandpiper

 

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.