Los Angeles Bioblitz Challenge
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
2 observations

- Observer
- gregslak
- Date
- 7/19/2021
- Quality grade
- research
- License
- CC-BY-NC
- Description
- I was able to pick out three or four Western Sandpipers among a flock of over a hundred Least Sandpipers. They can be distinguished by their black (instead of yellow) legs and rufous coloring on the upper back. Compare the two birds on the left in the first photo with the two on the right.
Description
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Native Status
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) is native / not native to Los Angeles, California, USA.Habitat
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Taxon Range
Note: Range maps are only available for some species.
Taxonomy
- kingdom: Animals (Animalia) 9953 observations
- phylum: Chordates (Chordata) 4359 observations
- class: Birds (Aves) 3238 observations
- order: Shorebirds And Allies (Charadriiformes) 254 observations
- family: Sandpipers And Allies (Scolopacidae) 90 observations
- genus: Calidris Sandpipers (Calidris) 26 observations
- species: Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 2 observations
Species Interactions
Species interaction data comes from GloBI. The species with links are species that have observations.
Eats
- (unspecified invertebrates)
- Animals (Animalia)
Preys on
- Ostracods (Ostracoda)
- Earthworms And Allies (Oligochaeta)
- (Corophium)
- Gastropods (Gastropoda)
- (epipellic flora)
- Polychaete Worms (Polychaeta)
- Flies (Diptera)
- (Corophiidae)
- Bivalves (Bivalvia)
Eaten by
- Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Preyed upon by
- Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
- Western Encephalitis Mosquito (Culex tarsalis)
- Black Saltmarsh Mosquito (Aedes taeniorhynchus)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Coral Pea (no name)