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 Ankarafantsika National Park
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Madagascar Jacana
Actophilornis albinucha
Madagascan Buttonquail
Turnix nigricollis
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Curlew Sandpiper at Ankarafantsika 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