Sandpipers, Snipes

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

The Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) is a 62 g grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

62 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

31

Recorded in United States, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, Argentina, United Kingdom, Bolivia, Australia, Brazil, Spain, Peru, France, Denmark, Uruguay, Norway, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Portugal, Colombia, Belgium, Ireland, Venezuela, Panama, India, Mexico, South Africa, Puerto Rico, BM, Belize, Germany, AW.

Where to see it: Bahia de Asuncion (Paraguay); Playa - Ex Calera San Antonio (Paraguay); Tacumshin Lake · general area (Ireland); Congo Road Private Impoundment (Barbados); Barba Azul Nature Reserve (Bolivia).

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