Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris bairdii (Baird's Sandpiper)
Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) is a small shorebird. It is among those Calidris species which were formerly sometimes included in the genus Erolia, which was subsumed into the genus Calidris in 1973. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The English name and specific bairdii commemorate Spencer Fullerton Baird, 19th-century naturalist and assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Wadden Sea National Park
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Baird's Sandpiper at Wadden Sea 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