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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
BirdLife International. 2021. European Red List of Birds. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Burton, N.H., Evans, P.R. and Robinson, M.A. 1996. Effects on shorebird numbers of disturbance, the loss of a roost site and its replacement by an artificial island at Hartlepool, Cleveland. Biological Conservation 77(2): 193-201.
Cramp, S., and K. E. L. Simmons. 1983. The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 3: Waders to Gulls. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds). 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Delany, S. and Scott, D. 2006. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Donald, P.F., Fernando, E., Brown, L., Busana, M., Butchart, S.H.M., Chng, S., Colina, A.d.l., Ferreira, J.M., Jain, A., Jones, V.R., Lapido, R., Malsch, K., McDougall, A., Muccio, C., Nguyen, D., Outhwaite, W., Petrovan, S.O., Stafford, C., Sutherland, W.J., Tallowin, O. and Safford, R. 2024. Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade. Conservation Biology (in press).
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EEA. 2024. Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima. European Nature Information System (EUNIS). Available at: https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/937.
Fink, D., Auer, T., Johnston, A., Strimas-Mackey, M., Ligocki, S., Robinson, O., Hochachka, W., Jeromczyk, L., Crowley, C., Dunham, K., Stillman, A., Davies, I., Rodewald, A., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V. and Wood, C. 2023. eBird Status and Trends, Data Version: 2022. Ithaca, New York. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/ebirdst.2022. (Accessed: 13/02/2024).
Flint, V.E., Boehme, R.L., Kostin, Y.V. and Kuznetsov, A.A. 1984. A field guide to birds of the USSR. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Gutowsky, S.E., Ronconi, R.A., Gutowsky, L.F.G., Elderkin, M.F., Paquet, J., Mills, P.M. & Mallory, M.L. 2019. Winter habitat associations of Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) and Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) in Atlantic Canada. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 222: 214-225.
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Meehan, T.D., LeBaron, G.S., Dale, K., Krump, A., Michel, N.L., Wilsey, C.B. 2022. Trends in relative abundance for birds wintering in the continental USA and Canada: Audubon Christmas Bird Counts, 1966-2021, version 4.0. New York, USA. National Audubon Society.
Mittelhauser, G.H., Tudor, L. & Connery, B. 2012. Within-year movements and site fidelity of Purple Sandpipers during the nonbreeding season. Journal of Field Ornithology 83(1): 32-40.
Partners in Flight. 2023. Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2023-4. Partners in Flight Databases. Available at: https://pif.birdconservancy.org/avian-conservation-assessment-database-scores/. (Accessed: 18th March, 2024).
Payne, L. X. and E. P. Pierce. 2020. Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), version 1.0. In Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.pursan.01.
Rehfisch, M.M., Austin, G.E; Freeman, S.N., Armitage, M.J.S. and Burton, N.H.K. 2004. The possible impact of climate change on the future distributions and numbers of waders on Britain's non-estuarine coast. Ibis 146: 70-81.
Smith, P.A., Bart, J., Francis, C., Andres, B.A., Brown, S., Aubry, Y. and Rausch, J. In prep.. Abundance and distribution of birds from comprehensive surveys of the Canadian Arctic, 1994-2018.
Snow, D.W. and Perrins, C.M. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
van Roomen, M., Citegetse, G., Crowe, O., Dodman, T., Hagemeijer, W., Meise, K. and Schekkerman, H. 2022. East Atlantic Flyway Assessment 2020.The status of coastal waterbird populations and their sites. Wadden Sea Flyway Initiative p/a CWSS, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands, BirdLife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Wauchope, H.S., Shaw, J.D., Varpe, Ø., Lappo, E.G., Boertmann, D., Lanctot, R.B., Fuller, R.A. 2017. Rapid climate‐driven loss of breeding habitat for Arctic migratory birds. Global Change Biology 23: 1085-94.
Wetlands International. 2023. Waterbird Populations Portal. Available at: wpp.wetlands.org.
Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/purple-sandpiper-calidris-maritima on 27/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 27/11/2024.