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White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis   [Vieillot, 1819]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
BTO Codes: WU , WHRSA EURING No: 5050
Number in Britain: 8 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 42 cm Weight: M/F: 42 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: kalidris=grey waterside bird described by Aristotle and L.: fuscus=dusky + collis=collar
World Distribution: BREEDS: Alaska, n Canada, WINTERS: South America
Habitat: Tundra, on migration mudflats
Diet: Mostly insects, small molluscs and worms
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Cornwall, 1848
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 362 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August to October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (2000), Angus & Dundee (1996), Ayrshire , Highland , Lothian (2003), Northeast (2001), Outer Hebrides (2004), Orkney , Shetland (2003),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2002), Durham , Northumberland (2003), East Yorkshire (2003), North Yorkshire (2002), South Yorkshire (2001), West Yorkshire (1990),
   North-west England: Cheshire (2000), Cumbria (1984), Lancashire (2003),
   English Midlands: Leicestershire (1998), Northamptonshire (1996), Shropshire , Staffordshire (1989), Worcestershire (1996),
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire (2000), Essex (2002), Lincolnshire (1999), Norfolk (2004), Suffolk (2004),
   South-east England: Hampshire (2002), Kent (2002), Greater London , Surrey (1995), West Sussex (1995),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2002), Devon (2002), Dorset (2000), Gloucestershire (2004), Somerset (2004), Wiltshire (1996), Isles of Scilly (2002),
   Wales: Carmarthen (1975), Clwyd (1984), Glamorgan (1970), Gwent (2003), Pembrokeshire (1977),
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Other Names
Gaelic: Luatharan-bàn Welsh: Pibydd Tinwen
Danish: Hvidrygget ryle Dutch: Bonapartes strandloper
Finnish: Valkoperäsirri French: Bécasseau de Bonaparte
German: Weißbürzelstrandläufer Hungarian: Bonaparte partfutója
Icelandic: Vaðlatíta Irish: Godadán Bánphrompach
Italian: Piovanello dorsobianco Norwegian: Bonapartesnipe
Polish: Biegus bialorzytny Portuguese: Pilrito de Bonaparte
Spanish: Correlimos de Bonaparte Swedish: Vitgumpsnäppa
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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