Common name: Baird's Sandpiper

Scientific name: Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)

Class:

Aves (Birds)

Order:

Charadriiformes (Gulls, Plovers, and Shorebirds)

Family:

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, and Relatives)

Synonyms:

Other common names:

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Habitat type(s):

Habitat description(s)

Estuarine:

Tidal flat/shore, Herbaceous wetland

Palustrine:

HERBACEOUS WETLAND, Riparian

Terrestrial:

Grassland/herbaceous, Alpine, Tundra

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Ecological systems and subsytems (about):

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Conservation:

Global conservation status rank:

G5

Secure globally - Common in the world; widespread and abundant (but may be rare in some parts of its range).

State conservation status rank:

SNRN

Not Ranked - State conservation status not yet assessed (a migratory animal which does not breed in New York).

Federal protection:

Not Listed

State protection:

Protected Bird

Defined as a Protected Bird by New York State law, and the species may not be hunted or taken at any time in New York. Includes birds also defined as a game species, but for which no open seasons are set.

SGCN:

NYNHP track status:

N: Do not track

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More information:

Conservation guide:

None

NatureServe explorer link:

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.106542/Calidris_bairdii/