Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
About the Stilt Sandpiper
The stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) is a small shorebird. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek; the genus name kalidris or skalidris is a term used by Aristotle for a gray-colored waterside bird. The specific himantopus means "strap foot" or "thong foot", and also refers to the stilt. Formerly placed in its own monotypic genus Micropalama, DNA evidence has now shown that it is deeply embedded in the genus Calidris, where its closest relative is the curlew sandpiper, and next closest to a group of four Eurasian species, red-necked stint, spoon-billed sandpiper, Temminck's stint, and long-toed stint. Within the genus Calidris the stilt sandpiper is most closely related to the curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 45 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiirecording
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusrecording
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginearecording
- DunlinCalidris alpinarecording
- Little StintCalidris minutarecording
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.