Some Semipalmated Sandpipers from eastern populations probably fly nonstop across the ocean from New England to South America (some 2,500 miles), powered by extensive fat reserves.
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Range Map for Semipalmated Sandpiper. Year-round Breeding Migration Nonbreeding Migration Long-distance migrant. Map data are provided by NatureServe.
Breeds on high Arctic tundra. Migrates to South America for the winter; very rarely lingers in the U.S. past November, unlike Western Sandpiper. Usually found ...
Semipalmated Sandpipers winter mostly in South America, and studies have shown that they may make a non-stop flight of nearly 2000 miles from New England or ...
The semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) is a very small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris.
Habitat. Semipalmated Sandpipers breed in the Arctic tundra, usually near water, across northern North America. · Behavior. They are surface feeders, running and ...
This small North American shorebird breeds near water in low and sub-arctic tundra and winters along the northern and central coasts of South America.
At the end of their Arctic breeding season, some Semipalmated Sandpipers fly up to 4,000 km (2,500 miles) non-stop from southeastern Canada and northeastern ...
Range. The semipalmated sandpiper breeds in northern Alaska and Canada south to the Hudson Bay. It migrates through the eastern and central states and winters ...
Breeds on high Arctic tundra. Migrates to South America for the winter; very rarely lingers in the U.S. past November, unlike Western Sandpiper. Usually found ...
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