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Spoon-billed sandpiper migration Calidris pygmaea
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Press ▶ to play the year. Line: a simplified typical route, joining the main cluster of GBIF records in each month (adjusted for observer effort).
| Scientific name | Calidris pygmaea |
|---|---|
| IUCN status | Critically endangered |
| Records mapped | 5,957 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q28065684 (CC0).
Migration in the data
5,957 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In East Asia and Australasia, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in July (about 50°N) and furthest south in February (about 20°N).
Month by month: centre of records in East Asia and Australasia
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 20°N | 0% |
| February | 20°N | 0% |
| March | 20°N | 0% |
| April | 26°N | 0% |
| May | 34°N | 0% |
| June | 44°N | 0% |
| July | 50°N | 0% |
| August | 34°N | 0% |
| September | 37°N | 0% |
| October | 29°N | 0% |
| November | 21°N | 0% |
| December | 20°N | 0% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the spoon-billed sandpiper
The spoon-billed sandpiper is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species is highly threatened, and it is said that since the 1970s the breeding population has decreased significantly. By 2000, the estimated breeding population of the species was 350–500.
From the Wikipedia article “Spoon-billed sandpiper” (revision 1376992883), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=10658506&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.