Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Winters on storm-battered Atlantic rocks where no other shorebird dares. Delivers in the spray.
- Populasi
- ~204,000–287,000 individuals globally (136,000–191,000 mature individuals), decreasing
- Habitat
- Breeds on wet moss or barren rocky Arctic tundra with lichen patches; winters on wave-battered rocky coastlines, jetties, and breakwaters, foraging most actively at falling tide
- Fakta menarik
- The Purple Sandpiper winters farther north than any other shorebird species, hardy enough to spend the cold months on ice-fringed, wave-battered rocky Atlantic coastlines.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the Arctic from northern Canada, Greenland, and Iceland through northern UK, Scandinavia, and northwest/central Siberia; winters on North Atlantic rocky coasts from Atlantic Canada/New England south to South Carolina, and from Iceland/UK to northern Portugal/Iberia in Europe — farther north in winter than any other shorebird
- Makanan
- Aquatic invertebrates including mussels and other molluscs, crustaceans, and arthropods (notably seaweed flies of the genus Coelopa) picked from seaweed-covered rocks
- Ukuran
- 0,21 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,44 m
- Masa hidup
- 6 tahun
