bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae

Sanderling

Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) — also called Pond Bird, Ruddy Plover. Occurrence records of the Sanderling are shared on GBIF from around 20 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all West Coast National Park (1 205 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernScolopacidae

20reserves with records

2 793records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Sanderling (Calidris alba) — Photo: Ken Billington · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 205
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	799
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	213
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	126
Woody Cape Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	94
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	48
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	47
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	46
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	39
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	35
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	27
Maputaland Marine ReserveMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	25
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	24
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	20
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	15
Marcus Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	13
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Goukamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	5
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	3
Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	NC Northern Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 12 reserves
Eastern Cape: 4 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 2 reserves
Northern Cape: 1 reserve
Gauteng: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Calidris alba
GBIF taxon: 2481748
Wikidata: Q58958

More of the Scolopacidae family

Common Sandpiper Common Greenshank Little Stint Whimbrel Curlew Sandpiper African Snipe Wood Sandpiper Ruddy Turnstone Ruff Marsh Sandpiper Bar-tailed Godwit Eurasian Curlew Terek Sandpiper

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.