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Purple sandpiper
| Purple sandpiper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. maritima
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| Binomial name | |
| Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
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| Range of C. maritima Breeding Resident Non-breeding Passage
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The purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) is a small shorebird in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. This is a hardy sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America and winters further south on the Atlantic coast.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Calidris maritima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22693420A131929424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22693420A131929424.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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