Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Status: Vagrant to Madeira
Calidris maritima Biometrics
Wingspan: 42 - 46 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 20 - 22 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 60 - 75 g (Hume, 2002)
Status
Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Romano et al, 2010: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Zino et al, 1995: Exceptional
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1
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