---
title: "Pilrito-acuminado"
description: "Calidris acuminata — Aves. 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)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/sharp-tailed-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pilrito-acuminado

> Calidris acuminata — Aves. 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).

- Scientific name: *Calidris acuminata*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 4975
- Wikidata: [Q753760](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753760)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3844](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3844)

## Names

- en: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- de: Spitzschwanzstrandläufer
- es: Playero de Cola Afilada
- fr: Bécasseau à queue pointue
- nl: Siberische strandloper
- pt: Pilrito-acuminado
- pl: Biegus ostrosterny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2877), TW (471), US (317), CN (276), NZ (177), KR (112), RU (95), CA (74), HK (68), JP (46), TL (38), ID (21)

## Summary

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).

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

## Photo

![Pilrito-acuminado](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sharp-tailed-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/334043883

## Machine access

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