Small Population Size Of The Pribilof Rock Sandpiper Confirmed Through Distance-Sampling Surveys In Alaska

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Daniel R. Ruthrauff, T. Lee Tibbitts, Robert E. Gill, Maksim N. Dementyev, Colleen M. Handel
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Ornithological Society 2012
• Subjects: Bering Sea; George Islands; Hall Islands; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2012.110109

The Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) is endemic to the Bering Sea region and unique among shorebirds in the North Pacific for wintering at high latitudes. The nominate subspecies, the Pribilof Rock Sandpiper (C. p. ptilocnemis), breeds on four isolated islands in the Bering Sea and appears to s...