Dunlin Calidris alpina

The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other “stints” in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa and southeast Asia. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in Northern Alaska overwinter in Asia.

Factsheet: Dunlin Calidris alpina 

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

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