Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,938
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) is a small shorebird. The species name subruficollis is from Latin subrufus, "reddish" (from sub, "somewhat", and rufus, "rufous") and collis, "-necked/-throated" (from collum, "neck"). It is a calidrid sandpiper, notable for its long annual migration, from the artic region of North America to the pampas region of South America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Buff-breasted sandpiper”.