Surfbird

Calidris virgata (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

201 gWeight

The surfbird (Calidris virgata) is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae.

Busiest months: September and November · Most records: United States, Canada, Chile

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: September and November · Most records: United States, Canada, Chile

Surfbird has been recorded at 110 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Pt. Pinos – seawatch onlyUnited States2,507 records
Pillar Point HarborUnited States2,266 records
Clover PointCanada2,083 records

More places

Pt. PinosUnited States1,334 records
Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinityUnited States925 records
Edmonds WaterfrontUnited States788 records
Oak Bay – Cattle PointCanada671 records
Hayward Regional ShorelineUnited States565 records
Natural Bridges SBUnited States402 records
Southeast Farallon IslandUnited States396 records

Countries and regions with the most records

United States Canada Chile Costa Rica Peru Panama Ecuador Mexico

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The surfbird (Calidris virgata) is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, and placed in the monotypic genus Aphriza, but is now placed in the genus Calidris.

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Questions

How big is the Surfbird?

The Surfbird weighs around 201 g.

Where does the Surfbird live?

Its breeding range: North America: montane low Arctic to subarctic western Nearctic tundra: Alaska mainland (except far northern) and Yukon (northwestern Canada). It is most often recorded in United States, Canada and Chile.