Sharp-tailed sandpiper
| Sharp-tailed sandpiper | |
|---|---|
| Breeding plumage, on spring passage, Japan | |
| Winter plumage, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Calidris acuminata (Horsfield, 1821)
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The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) is a small-medium migratory wader or shorebird, found mostly in Siberia during the summer breeding period (June to August) and Australia for wintering (September to March).