Bird

Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

Passes through West Virginia on migration. Found in all 55 counties, across 2 habitats.

Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 2

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At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: On migration
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 2
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in West Virginia 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Other habitats in its models (24)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (16)

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Winter.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Winter.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Winter.
Louisiana Beach Winter.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
South Florida Shell Hash Beach Winter.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
Southeast Florida Beach Winter.
Southwest Florida Beach Winter.
Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.

Land cover and other classes (8)

Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Winter.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

Migratory: does not nest here, in all 55 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in West Virginia, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.