Data Zone
Andres, B. A., Moore, L., Cox, A. R., Frei, B. and Roy, C. 2022. A preliminary assessment of shorebird harvest in coastal Guyana. Wader Study 129(1): 39-47.
Andres, B.A., Smith, P.A., Morrison, R.I.G., Gratto-Trevor, C.L., Brown, S.C. and Friis, C.A. 2012. Population estimates of North American shorebirds, 2012. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 178-194.
Andres, B.A.; Gratto-Trevor, C.; Hicklin, P.; Mizrahi, D.; Morrison, R.I.G.; Smith, P.A. 2012. Status of the Semipalmated Sandpiper. Waterbirds 35(1): 146-148.
Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative (AFSI) Harvest Working Group. 2017. Achieving a sustainable shorebird harvest in the Caribbean and northern South America, progress report, 2011-2017. Unpublished report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Program, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative (AFSI) Shorebird Harvest Working Group. 2020. Actions for the Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative’s shorebird harvest working group 2020–2025. Available at: https://www.shorebirdplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AFSI-Shorebird-Harvest-Action-Plan-2020_25-April-2020.pdf.
Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative (AFSI). 2016. A Plan to Address the Sustainability of Shorebird Harvest in the Western Atlantic Flyway. Available at: https://www.shorebirdplan.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Shorebird-Harvest-Atlantic-Flyway-Plan-May-2016.pdf. (Accessed: 15th July, 2024).
Bart, J. and Smith, P.A. 2012. Chapter 14, Summary. In: J. Bart and V. Johnston (eds). (eds), Arctic shorebirds in North America: a decade of monitoring., pp. 213–238. Studies in Avian Biology 44.
Bart, J., Smith, P. A., Lalla, K., Pollock, L., Flemming, S., Gahbauer, M., Paquet, J., Moynes, E. and Nol, E. In prep. COSEWIC Status Report on Arctic Shorebirds.
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.
Brown, S., Hickey, C., Harrington, B. and Gill, R. (Eds.). 2001. United States shorebird conservation plan, 2nd ed. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, Massachusetts, USA.
Butler, C.J. 2003. The disproportionate effect of global warming on the arrival dates of short-distance migratory birds in North America. Ibis 145: 484-495.
Chandler, R. 2009. Shorebirds of the Northern Hemisphere. Christopher Helm, London.
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.
Elmhagen, B., Berteaux, D., Burgess, R.M., Ehrich, D., Gallant, D., Henttonen, H., ... and Angerbjörn, A. 2017. Homage to Hersteinsson and Macdonald: climate warming and resource subsidies cause red fox range expansion and Arctic fox decline. Polar Research 36(sup1): 3.
Flemming, S. A., Nol, E., Kennedy, L. V. and Smith, P. A. 2019a. Hyperabundant herbivores limit habitat availability and influence nest site selection of Arctic‐breeding birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 976-987.
Flemming, S. A., Nol, E., Kennedy, L. V., Bedard, A., Giroux, M. A. and Smith, P. A. 2019c. Spatio-temporal responses of predators to hyperabundant geese affect risk of predation for sympatric-nesting species. PLoS ONE 14: e0221727.
Flemming, S. A., Smith, P. A., Rausch, J. and Nol, E. 2019b. Broad‐scale changes in tundra‐nesting bird abundance in response to hyperabundant geese. Ecosphere 10: e02785.
Gallant, D., Lecomte, N. and Berteaux, D. 2020. Disentangling the relative influences of global drivers of change in biodiversity: a study of the twentieth-century red fox expansion into the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 565-576.
Gratto-Trevor, C., Smith, P.A., Morrison, R.I.G., Aubry, Y., and Cotter, R. 2012. Population trends in semipalmated Sandpipers from migration counts. Waterbirds 35: 96-105.
IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).
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.
Mizrahi, D.; Peters, K.A.; Hodgetts, P.A. 2012. Energetic Condition of Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers during Northbound Migration Staging Periods in Delaware Bay. Waterbirds 35(1): 135-145.
Morrison, R.I.G., McCaffery, B.J., Gill, R.E., Skagen, S.K., Jones, S.L., Page, G.W., Gratto-Trevor, C.L. and Andres, B.A. 2006. Population estimates of North American shorebirds, 2006. Wader Study Group Bulletin: 67-85.
Morrison, R.I.G., Mizrahi, D.S., Ross, R.K., Ottema, O.H., de Pracontal, N. and Narine, A. 2012. Dramatic Declines of Semipalmated Sandpipers on their Major Wintering Areas in the Guianas, Northern South America. Waterbirds 35(1): 120-134.
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).
Rivera-Milán, F.F., Andres, B.A. and Johnson, J.A. 2023. Sustainability assessment of Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes harvested in the Americas. Wader Study 130(2): 138-144.
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.
Smith, P.A., Smith, A.C., Andres, B., Francis, C.M., Harrington, B., Friis, C., Morrison, R.I.G., Paquet, J., Winn, B. and Brown, S. 2023. Accelerating declines of North America's shorebirds signal the need for urgent conservation action. Ornithological Applications 125: 1-14.
Smith, P.A.; Gratto-Trevor, C.L.; Collins, B.T.; Fellows, S.D.; Lanctot, R.B.; Liebezeit, J.; McCaffery, B.J.; Tracy, D.; Rausch, J.; Kendall, S.; Zack, S.; Gates, H.R. 2012. Trends in Abundance of Semipalmated Sandpipers: Evidence from the Arctic. Waterbirds 35(1): 106-119.
Watts, B.D., Reed, E.T. and Turrin, C. 2015. Estimating sustainable mortality limits for shorebirds using the Western Atlantic Flyway. Wader Study 122(1): 37-53.
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.
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/semipalmated-sandpiper-calidris-pusilla on 21/12/2024.
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 21/12/2024.