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Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper)

Synonyms: Calidris cooperi (heterotypic); Erolia acuminata; Heteropygia acuminata; Totanus acuminatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) (but see below) is a small wader.
View Wikipedia Record: Calidris acuminata

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Calidris acuminata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
24
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.50201
EDGE Score: 2.35157
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  68 grams
Birth Weight [3]  13.7 grams
Female Weight [5]  59 grams
Male Weight [5]  74 grams
Weight Dimorphism [5]  25.4 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Alpine tundra
Wintering Geography [2]  Paleotropics
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical grasslands, Saline lakes, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  20 %
Forages - Ground [4]  80 %
Forages - Water Surface [4]  20 %
Clutch Size [6]  4
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  160,000
Mating System [3]  Polygyny
Maximum Longevity [8]  6 years
Migration [7]  Intercontinental
Wing Span [8]  15 inches (.39 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Australia A1, A2, A3, A4i  
Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve China (mainland) A1, A4i, A4iii
Lianyungang saltworks China (mainland) A1, A4i, A4iii

Biodiversity Hotspots

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aploparaksis clerci <Unverified Name>[9]
Tetrameres scolopacidis <Unverified Name>[10]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Higgins, PJ and Davies, SJJF (Eds). (1996). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds. Vol. 3, Snipe to Pigeons. Oxford University Press, Melbourne
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 7Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 10Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0