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Where does the Stilt Sandpiper live?

Calidris himantopus has 385,154 records in 79 countries and territories, from 1858 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Stilt Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper β€” Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren / CC BY 2.0 Β· source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeCalidris

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 290,663
Canada 41,975
Mexico 7,334
Puerto Rico 6,266
Peru 3,423
Costa Rica 3,041
Argentina 2,586
Guadeloupe 1,917
Venezuela 1,742
Cuba 1,608
Netherlands 1,578
Ecuador 1,372
Bonaire 1,363
Guatemala 1,213
CuraΓ§ao 1,156
Dominican Republic 1,102
Barbados 1,018
Colombia 993
US Virgin Islands 950
Bermuda 924
Honduras 902
Belize 894
Aruba 890
Brazil 767
Chile 763
Nicaragua 736
United Kingdom 697
Panama 626
Anguilla 612
El Salvador 553
Paraguay 518
Sweden 516
Bahamas 464
Cayman Islands 440
Trinidad & Tobago 426
Bolivia 371
Australia 263
Antigua & Barbuda 260
Norway 251
Turks and Caicos Islands 245

Showing the top 40 of 79 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.