Buff-breasted sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

Summary 3

The buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpiper and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof that should be split into a distinct genus. Depending on whether this would include the curlew sandpiper or not, the name Erolia would or would not, respectively, apply.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Jerry Oldenettel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7457894@N04/3982088511
  2. (c) Tim Lenz, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/4991445830_c8bcdbfd86.jpg
  3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calidris_subruficollis

More Info

iNat Map

1.class Birds
2.order Shorebirds
Color black, brown, grey
Park Eleven Mile