File:2019-08-13 01 Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), Reykjavik Iceland.jpg

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English: Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima littoralis), young adult in summer plumage, at the harbor in Reykjavik, Iceland on August 13, 2019.
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Camera location64° 09′ 03.55″ N, 21° 55′ 53.21″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

It should be noted that the division of the Calidris maritima species (Brunnich 1764) into three separate sub-species based on the geographic location and bird size has been proposed in taxonomy but currently remains unsettled.

• Calidris maritima belcheri (Engelmoer & Roselaar 1998; Eastern Hudson Bay and James Bay, Canada))
• Calidris maritima littoralis (C. L. Brehm in 1831; Iceland; largest of the sub-species)
• Calidris maritima maritima (Brunnich 1764; Spitsbergen and Norway)

Iceland being the image location; the large size of this sandpiper and the scalloped back with heavy spotting on the breast suggest this young adult belongs to the endemic Calidris maritima littoralis rather than being a migratory bird from either of the other two sub-species.

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Purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima littoralis), adult in summer plumage, at the harbor in Reykjavik, Iceland

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current20:03, 24 October 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:03, 24 October 20192,970 × 1,983 (3.08 MB)GRDN711Same image but determined this bird is a Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) rather than a Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) originally thought. Meta data has been corrected.
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