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Calidris alpina · Family Scolopacidae
Calidris alpina
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,440,979
- Countries and territories with records
- 168
About this species
This species has 3,440,979 occurrence records from 168 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (31.1%), Sweden (17.8%), Denmark (7.7%), the United Kingdom (7.3%) and Canada (5.3%); together they account for 69.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.096% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Calidris alpina combines the genus name Calidris with the species epithet alpina. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Calidris; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Calidris minutilla, Calidris alba and Calidris pugnax.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 4.9 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.