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Baird's Sandpipers breed in Arctic Canada, including the northernmost reaches of the Arctic islands, and Alaska. The species winters in the short grasslands of South America, often at high altitudes. Surveys conducted during fall migration and on the breeding grounds suggest that the Canadian population has experienced a moderate increase relative to about 1970, but the reliability of these results is considered low because of poor survey coverage and poor precision of the trend estimates.
The Baird's Sandpiper currently faces few threats on its remote breeding grounds in the Arctic. However, habitats used during winter in South America are lost as a result of agricultural intensification when grazing lands are converted to crop land and when flooding pampa is drained (Blanco et al. 1993).
Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:
Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.