CURLEW SANDPIPER

Calidris ferruginea

Status: Accidental in fall.

Documentation: Photograph: 19 Jul 1997 Funk WPA, Phelps Co (Brogie 1998).

Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized.

Record: The lone record is of an individual molting into basic plumage found and photographed by Joel Jorgensen, accompanied by Ross Silcock and seen by many, at Funk WPA, Phelps Co 19-21 Jul 1997 (Silcock and Jorgensen 1997, Jorgensen and Silcock 1998).

Comments: There are about 19 records for the Great Plains, eight for 26 Apr-7 Jun, one for 30 Jun-1 Jul, and 10 for 12 Jul-14 Oct (eBird.org, accessed Oct 2023).

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Abbreviations

WPA: Waterfowl Production Area (Federal)

Literature Cited

Brogie, M.A. 1999. 1998 (Tenth) Report of the NOU Records Committee. NBR 67: 141-152.

Jorgensen, J.G., and W.R. Silcock. Nebraska’s first Curlew Sandpiper. NBR 66: 3.

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 1997. Summer Field Report. June-July 1997. NBR 65: 102-115.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2023. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 10 Oct 2023