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Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda [Bechstein, 1812]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
UP , UPLSA
EURING No:
5440
Number in Britain:
1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
.
Length:
27 cm
Wingspan:
66 cm
Weight:
M/F: 160 g
Scientific name from:
after William Bartram (1739-1823) US naturalist and explorer
and L.: longus =long + caudus =tail
World Distribution:
BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: South America
Habitat:
Prairie, dry meadows, open woodland
Diet:
Small invertebrates, especially insects
TitBit:
In north-eastern US, the majority of nesting Upland Sandpipers live on the grounds of airports - in Britain it is found mostly on the Scilly Islands in autumn
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Warwickshire, 1851
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
31
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Dumfries & Galloway
(1933),
Outer Hebrides
(1980),
Shetland
(2004),
North-east England:
North-west England:
Cheshire
,
English Midlands:
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
,
Wales:
Other Names
Bartram's Sandpiper
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Pibydd Cynffonir
Danish:
Bartramsklire
Dutch:
Bartrams Ruiter
Finnish:
Preeriakahlaaja
French:
Bartramie des champs
German:
Prärieläufer
Hungarian:
Hosszúfarkú cankó
Icelandic:
Sléttulæpa
Irish:
Gobadán Sléibhe
Italian:
Piro piro codalunga
Norwegian:
Bartramsnipe
Polish:
Preriowiec
Portuguese:
Maçarico-de-cauda-comprida
Spanish:
Correlimos de Bartram
Swedish:
Piparsnäppa
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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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