Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in the bogs and coastal lowlands of the Siberian Arctic, arriving there in June and staying until August or September. After the breeding season, it migrates south to spend the winter in Africa and along the coasts of Oceania and southern Eurasia, occupying tidal mudflats and saltpans. It has three main plumages that change with maturity and season. The non-breeding plumage shows brown-greyish upperparts and white underparts. The breeding plumage is much more striking, with the entire front tinted a deep rusty colour, more intensely so in males. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Gorongosa National Park
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Curlew Sandpiper at Gorongosa National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there