Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Purple Sandpiper at Cairngorms National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 4 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 7 | Thingvellir National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 8 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 9 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 10 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 11 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 12 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |