Information Page for Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Willet)


Photographer: Hays, Lana

This large sandpiper is not a common migrant in the area around the Park.

There is a single park record, that of a bird by the side of the Newfound Gap Road (441) between Newfound Gap and the Thomas Divide Trailhead on April 25, 1987.

References:

Gough, G. A., Sauer, J. R., Iliff, M. Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. 1998. Version 97.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.

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Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Family:
Scolopacidae
Elevation Distribution:
Phenology




Park Sensitive Species? No




Taxon Authority:
(Gmelin)

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