Dunlin / Calidris alpina NT

• Synonyms black-breast dunlin, Red-backed Sandpiper, Black-breast, Purre
• Old latin name for bird Pelidna alpina, Tringa alpina, Ereunetes alpina, Erolia alpina

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Related species

Sanderling

Curlew Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Great Knot

Red Knot

Red-necked Stint

Where to see Dunlin

• Breeding region Eurasia, North America
• Breeding subregion low (locally high) Arctic to temperate wet tundra of Holarctic: sw to ne Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Is., n British Isles, Scandinavia, Baltic states e through n Russia including Novaya Zemlya (n of nw Siberia) and New Siberian Is. (n of ec Russia), through Chukotskiy Pen., w Kamchatka, n Kurile and n Sakhalin is. (e Russia); Aleutian Is., w, n Alaska, nw Canada, nc Canada n and w of Hudson Bay
• Non breeding region s NA, AF, s PAL : coastal and inland wetlands from temperate to tropical zones n of Equator: British Isles, w Europe, Mediterranean, n, nc Africa, Middle East, n Indian subcontinent to n Vietnam and e China, Taiwan, Korean Pen. and Japan (except n); sw Canada and New England to wc Mexico and Yucatan Pen.

Dunlin subspecies (10)

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