White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819)

White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis, breeds in the high to low Arctic wet tundra of North America, from the North Slope of Alaska through coastal northern Canada to north-west Hudson Bay, and from Banks to Devon and Baffin islands. Outside the breeding season it uses coastal and inland wetlands in temperate South America, including southern Chile, south-eastern Brazil, north-west to south-east Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. It is a small migratory shorebird, best recognised in flight by its white rump and long wings, which extend beyond the tail. It was described by Vieillot in 1819.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

North America: high to low Arctic wet tundra of far n Nearctic: North Slope Alaska, coastal n Canada to nw Hudson Bay, and Banks to Devon and Baffin is. (ne Canada)

Nonbreeding range

coastal and inland wetlands of temperate s South America: s Chile, se Brazil, nw to se Argentina, and Falkland Is.