Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
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Abundance: Uncommon; recorded in 13 Regional counties, 6 in Kentucky and 7 in Tennessee (Map of UCR Distribution); data from the Regional bird-monitoring efforts are too few to determine a trend in the population migrating through the Region (see also Regional Bird-Monitoring Plan).
Status: Transient during spring and fall; sight records.
Regional High Count: 42 (29 July 2006; Pulaski County, Kentucky; Roseanna M. Denton); SBC/SBB High Count: 8 (8 May 2010; Putnam County, Tennessee [SBC]; m. ob.); FBC/FBB High Count: 3 (23 September 2006; White County, Tennessee [FBC]; m. ob.).
Regional Extreme Dates:
Spring: x (
Fall: x (
Note: Spring arrival usually somewhat widespread by 20 March, while being largely complete by 10 May though data very thin; fall arrival typically somewhat widespread by 1 August, while being mostly complete by 15 October. Regional dates of earliest reported spring arrival and latest reported spring departure, as well as earliest reported fall arrival and latest reported fall departure, for the migration seasons 2002–2011 follow:
| Year | Early Spring Arrival Date | Late Spring Departure Date | Early Fall Arrival Date | Late Fall Departure Date |
| 2002 | -- | 26 April | 24 July | 8 October |
| 2003 | 2 March | 7 May | -- | 25 October |
| 2004 | 11 April | -- | 26 July | 23 November |
| 2005 | 27 March | 7 May | 14 July | 27 September |
| 2006 | 18 March | -- | 15 July | 11 October |
| 2007 | 5 March | -- | 13 August | 3 November |
| 2008 | 15 March | -- | 22 July | 11 November |
| 2009 | 9 April | -- | 13 July | -- |
| 2010 | 2 April | -- | 19 July | 5 October |
| 2011 | -- | 28 April | 22 July | 18 October |
Habitat: x
YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: No registrations.
Remarks: x
Check-lists of Birds for the Counties of the UCR
Check-lists of the birds of each county of the Upper Cumberland Region may be viewed by clicking on the links below. For each county, there are two check-lists: one list that shows the species that have been observed and where possible documented in the county within the larger list for the entire Region; and one list that includes only the species observed in the county with annotations for the date and observers for at least one sighting (the ultimate goal of the latter list will be to include annotations for the very first known Regional observation of each species in that county; this goal is probably one that will take many years to complete, if completion is even a possibility). To see if the species discussed in this species account has been observed in a county, click below or click on the link for the Map of UCR Distribution near the top of the page.
| Barren | Metcalfe | Adair | Russell | Pulaski |
| Monroe | Cumberland | Clinton | Wayne | McCreary |
| Macon | Clay | Pickett | Fentress | Scott |
| Smith | Jackson | Overton | Putnam | Morgan |
| DeKalb | White | Cumberland | ||
| Warren | Van Buren | Bledsoe |
Check-lists of Birds for Some Public Access Birding Sites of the UCR
Check-lists of the birds of some public access birding sites within the Upper Cumberland Region may be viewed via the links below. To see if the species dealt with in this species account has been observed within any of these sites, click on the appropriate link below. See the pages for each county within the Gazetteer for links to additional smaller public access birding sites with check-lists in progress.
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