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
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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