Sanderling

Taxonomy conform IOC World Bird List

Distribution

• North America, Palearctic : high Arctic tundra wetlands of Holarctic: nw, se Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), n Taymyr Peninsula and Severnaya Zemlya (to n), Lena Delta and New Siberian Is. (nc Siberia), Alaskan North Slope (rare), Canadian Arctic islands from Banks to Ellesmere and s to Southampton | to Worldwide : sandy coastal beaches from temperate to tropical zone: British Isles and Macaronesia (nw of n Africa) through Africa, Malagasy region, Middle East, s, se Asia through Indonesian Archipelago to Australia, Melanesia, Philippines and s, c Japan (but rare New Guinea and New Zealand); sw, se Canada and Caribbean s to Tierra del Fuego and including remote islands through e Polynesia [Nonbreeding]

Subspecies

• alba - Ellesmere I. (ne Canada), n, e Greenland, Svalbard (n of Norway), Severnaya Zemlya (n of nc Russia) and n Taymyr Peninsula (nc Russia) | to w Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and Polynesia [Nonbreeding]
• rubida - Lena Delta and New Siberian Is. (nc Siberia), Alaskan North Slope (rare), Canadian Arctic islands from Banks s to Southampton | to e Asia, coastal North to South America [Nonbreeding]