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Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis [Vieillot, 1819]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
BQ , BUBSA
EURING No:
5160
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Near Threatened
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
19 cm
Wingspan:
45 cm
Weight:
M: 67 g F: 56 g
Scientific name from:
from Tringa + -oides =resembling
and L.: sub -=under + rufus =reddish + collus =neck
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Alaska, n Canada, WINTERS: South America
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration pasture & estuaries
Diet:
Mostly invertebrates, some plant seeds
Records and Distribution
First Record:
1826
Summary of Annual Totals
Distribution by County
Other Names
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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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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