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Mass Audubon State of the Birds

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Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos

The Pectoral Sandpiper is an uncommon spring and common fall migrant in Massachusetts, often appearing in wet fields or on the muddy edges of inland ponds and reservoirs, as well as in coastal salt marshes in fall.
Conservation Status
No data

Tracking This Bird In Massachusetts

Climate Vulnerability Score

No data
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (current)
Mass Audubon Mean likelihood of occurrence (2050)
Mass Audubon Absolute change in likelihood of occurrence
no data
U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Bird Atlas (Hadly Hi emissions scenario)a
No data available
National Audubon Societyb
No data available
a USFS model data for Massachusetts by 2100
b National Audubon Society's Climate Change Atlas was completed on a continental scale.

Breeding Bird Atlas

Atlas I Blocks
Atlas II Blocks
Percent of state occupied - Atlas I
0
Percent of state occupied - Atlas II
0
Percent change
0

Breeding Bird Survey

Annual trend 1966-2010
P-value
Number of routes
Recent trend 2000-2010

Christmas Bird Count

Trend (1963-2008)
0
Significantly different than zero
Trend (1963-1979)
0
Significantly different than zero
Trend (1979-2008)
0
Significantly different than zero

Habitat Usage

Breeding

Does not breed in Massachusetts

Wintering

Does not winter in Massachusetts