{"id":24614,"date":"2012-10-30T15:33:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:28","slug":"sanderling-calidris-alba","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/waders\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanderling Calidris alba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Sanderling\u00a0<i>Calidris\u00a0alba<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-173-24614\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1196\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-8.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (008)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/thumbs\/thumbs_sanderling-calidris-alba-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (008)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1195\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-7.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (007)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/thumbs\/thumbs_sanderling-calidris-alba-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (007)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1194\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-6.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (006)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/thumbs\/thumbs_sanderling-calidris-alba-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (006)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1193\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-5.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (005)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/thumbs\/thumbs_sanderling-calidris-alba-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (005)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1192\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-4.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (004)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/thumbs\/thumbs_sanderling-calidris-alba-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (004)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1191\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-3.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (003)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/thumbs\/thumbs_sanderling-calidris-alba-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (003)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1190\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/sanderling-calidris-alba\/sanderling-calidris-alba-2.jpg\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Sanderling (Calidris alba) (002)\" 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\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Sanderling (Calidris alba) (001)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches. Factsheet: Sanderling\u00a0Calidris\u00a0alba\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":837573,"parent":17620,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[1683,868],"class_list":["post-24614","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-calidris-alba","tag-sanderling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24614\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}