Scientific Name:
Calidris ptilocnemis
Rock Sandpiper Fact File
Distribution: Eastern Siberia to Alaska
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: Four
C. p. tschuktschorum: Chukotsk Peninsula (eastern Siberia) to western Alaska
C. p. ptilocnemis: Pribilof, Hall and St. Matthew Islands
C. p. couesi: Aleutian Islands and Alaskan Peninsula
C. p. quarta: Southern Kamchatka Peninsula; Kuril and Commander Island
Current conservation efforts
None
Gallery
All photographs by Elis Simpson – Wader Quest