Diet Overlap

Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
Calidris minutilla (Least Sandpiper)

Common Diet

Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)

Common Habitat

Acadia National Park
Biscayne National Park
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Eastern Canadian forests
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Forillon National Park
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fundy National Park
Gateway National Recreation Area
Gros Morne National Park
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Long Point Biosphere Reserve
Middle Atlantic coastal forests
Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve
North America
Prince Edward Island National Park
Rondeau Provincial Park
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve
Terra Nova National Park
Ukkusiksalik National Park
Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1R. W. Summers , S. Smith , M. Nicoll & N. K. Atkinson (1990) Tidal and sexual differences in the diet of Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in Scotland, Bird Study, 37:3, 187-194
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.