White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) White-rumped Sandpiper
The White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds wet tundra from North Slope of Alaska eastward in coastal northern Canada to northwestern Hudson Bay, and Banks to Devon and Baffin islands (northeastern Canada); winters to wetlands of southern Chile, southeastern Brazil, northwestern to southeastern Argentina, and Falkland IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris fuscicollis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa fuscicollis
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 404.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 34 p.461
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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