Fact Card
COMMON NAME: SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Calidris acuminata
TYPE: Unknown
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Unknown
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Charadriiformes / FAMILY – Scolopacidae / GENUS – Calidris
Video: Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
Audio: Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
IUCN Red List Status
References
- [Andrew Spencer]. (2016, January 8). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
- IUCN (2021, October 15). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from Link
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2013, December 14). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper. (2023, September 27). In Wikipedia. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link

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