Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)
HRBP 0410. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Honouliuli Unit of PHNWR, O'ahu, 1 May 1979. © Robert J. Shallenberger
HRBP 0166. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 14 Nov 1980. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0167. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 14 Nov 1980. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0318. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), right, with Sanderling. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 23 Feb 1981. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0319. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), right, with Sanderling. Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 23 Feb 1981. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0227. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), left, with Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 7 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0559. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), left, with Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 7 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1408. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), rear, with Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 7 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0560. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Midway Atoll, 12 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0561. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Midway Atoll, 12 Oct 1982. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0278. Possible Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X Sharp-tailed Sandpiper hybrid. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 10 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0279. Possible Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X Sharp-tailed Sandpiper hybrid. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 10 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0606. Possible Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X Sharp-tailed Sandpiper hybrid. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 10 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0607. Possible Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X Sharp-tailed Sandpiper hybrid. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 10 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
 HRBP 1432. Possible Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) X Sharp-tailed Sandpiper hybrid. Green Island, Kure Atoll, 10 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle HRBP 0276. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 11 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0277. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 11 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1409. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Green Island, Kure Atoll, 12 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 1410. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 15 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
 HRBP 1417. Pectoral Sandpipers (Calidris melanotos), second from left and far right, with Long-billed Dowitcher, Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, and Dunlin. Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 15 Oct 1983. © Peter Pyle
HRBP 0349. Pectoral Sandpipers (Calidris melanotos), left and right, with Sanderling. Kanaha Pond, Kahului, Maui, 18 Dec 1983. © Reginald David
HRBP 0350. Pectoral Sandpipers (Calidris melanotos), right two birds, with Sanderling. Kanaha Pond, Kahului, Maui, 18 Dec 1983. © Reginald David
HRBP 0536. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 18 Oct 1984. © Peter Donaldson
 HRBP 0537. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 18 Oct 1984. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 0538. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Waipi'o Peninusla, O'ahu, 18 Oct 1984. © Peter Donaldson
HRBP 1021. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos). Tern Island, French Frigate Shoal, 7 Nov 1990. © Scott Hall
HRBP 0945. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), right, with Western and Sharp-tailed sandpipers. Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, 20 Oct 1991. © Jerry Oldenettel
 HRBP 5171. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), back, with Solitary Sandpiper. Ki'i Unit of JCNWR, O'ahu, 5 Oct 2002. © Kurt Pohlman
 
HRBP 5688. Pectoral Sandpipers (Calidris melanotos), center two birds, with Long-billed Dowitcher and Least Sandpiper. Ohiapilo Pond, Moloka'i, 15 Oct 2009. © Arleone Dibben-Young HRBP 6475. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), above, with Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Kawa'iele Wetlands, Kaua'i 5 Nov 2013. © Jim Denny HRBP 6504. Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), Kaunakakai WTP, Moloka'i, 14 Jun 2016. © Eric VanderWerf  
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.