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Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)

English (US) Buff-breasted Sandpiper

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) 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 high Arctic dry coastal tundra from Wrangel Island (northeastern Siberia) eastward through Alaskan North Slope to northeastern Canada, including Arctic islands from Banks to Devon; migrates to grassland of southeastern Brazil and Uruguay to central Argentina; prone to extreme vagrancy worldwideRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Calidris subruficollis
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
English (US)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Tringa subruficollis
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
Type locality
Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 320.
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.465

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 98 species of the family Scolopacidae