Species Detail: Calidris himantopus
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Calidris himantopus
 
Authority: (Bonaparte, 1826)
 
Synonyms: Micropalama himantopus
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Snepi Dutch Caribbean Papiamento
Steltstrandloper Dutch Caribbean Dutch
Stilt Sandpiper Global English
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Charadriiformes
 Scolopacidae Calidris
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Reproduction Comments:Egg laying peaked during the second week of June on Victoria Island. Both sexes (male by day, female by night) incubate 4 eggs for average of 20 days. Hatching peaks in early July. Nestlings are precocial, leave nest soon after hatching, independent in about 14 days (fledging period reported as at least 17 days). At Churchill, Manitoba, nesting density was 5-25 pairs per sq km (see Johnson and Herter 1989). Ecology Comments:During migration often seen in association with dowitchers and greater and lesser yellowlegs. Forage up to 8 kilometers from nest (Jehl 1973).

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
IUCN Redlist Global LC
Natureserve Global G5

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

Habitat subtype Description Comments
MARINE - saline lagoon
TERRESTRIAL - freshwater lagoon (incl artificial)

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
Western Hemisphere

Location Occurrence Status Description
Aruba Non-breeding visitor from North America
Bonaire Non-breeding visitor from North America
Curaçao Non-breeding visitor from North America

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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