Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis [Vieillot, 1819] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
BTO Codes:
BQ, BUBSA
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EURING No: 5160 | |
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
19 cm
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Wingspan: 45 cm |
Weight:
M: 67 g F: 56 g
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Scientific name from:
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from Tringa + -oides=resembling and L.: sub-=under + rufus=reddish + collus=neck |
World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Alaska, n Canada, WINTERS: South America |
Habitat:
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Tundra, on migration pasture & estuaries |
Diet:
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Mostly invertebrates, some plant seeds |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Cambridgeshire, 1826
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Other Names |
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Previously Tryngites subruficollis
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| Gaelic: Luatharan-odhar | Welsh: Pibydd Bronllwyd |
| Danish: Prćrielřber | Dutch: Blonde ruiter |
| Finnish: Alaskanvikla | French: Bécasseau rousset |
| German: Grasläufer | Hungarian: Cankópartfutó |
| Icelandic: Grastíta | Irish: Gobadán Broinn-Donnbhuí |
| Italian: Piro piro fulvo | Norwegian: Rustsnipe |
| Polish: Biegus plowy | Portuguese: Pilrito-canela |
| Spanish: Correlimos canelo | Swedish: Prärielöpare |
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| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
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