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title: "Curlew Sandpiper"
description: "Calidris ferruginea — Uccelli. The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/curlew-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Curlew Sandpiper

> Calidris ferruginea — Uccelli. The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader.

- Scientific name: *Calidris ferruginea*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `sea` (Mare e costa), `arctic` (Artico)
- iNaturalist observations: 10806
- Wikidata: [Q62345](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62345)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3863](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3863)

## Names

- en: Curlew Sandpiper
- de: Sichelstrandläufer
- es: Playero Zarapito
- fr: Bécasseau cocorli
- nl: Krombekstrandloper
- pt: Pilrito-de-bico-comprido
- pl: Biegus krzywodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1315), AU (1249), ZA (722), ES (645), PT (481), IN (448), TW (444), FR (387), IT (322), GB (314), US (313), TH (289)

## Summary

The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in the bogs and coastal lowlands of the Siberian Arctic, arriving there in June and staying until August or September. After the breeding season, it migrates south to spend the winter in Africa and along the coasts of Oceania and southern Eurasia, occupying tidal mudflats and saltpans.
It has three main plumages that change with maturity and season. The non-breeding plumage shows brown-greyish upperparts and white underparts. The breeding plumage is much more striking, with the entire front tinted a deep rusty colour…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curlew_sandpiper

## Photo

![Curlew Sandpiper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/curlew-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232365757

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/curlew-sandpiper?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).