The Semipalmated Sandpiper is likely the most abundant breeding shorebird on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, with the highest densities occurring in the western portion of the coastal plain (Johnson et al. 2007). In Arctic Alaska, this species nests in a range of upland dry to moist and wet tundra habitats near water and typically focus their foraging along marsh and pond edges (Gratto-Trevor 1992). The current North American population estimate is 2 million (Morrison et al. 2006). While the Alaska breeding population appears to be stable, there is evidence that eastern Semipalmated Sandpiper populations are declining (Andres et al. 2012).
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Vulnerability assessment fact-sheet for Semipalmated Sandpiper.