Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

Identification & Behavior: ~19 cm (7.5 in). The Buff-breasted Sandpiper has the upperparts mottled with dusky-black. The underparts are buff grading to pale buff and whitish toward the middle of the belly.  It has a relatively short and thin black bill and bright yellow legs. It is somewhat similar to the Upland Sandpiper but is distinguished by a smaller size and warmer coloration.

Status: The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is an uncommon Boreal migrant mostly to the Amazonian lowlands and rarely to other regions of Peru. It is thought to be a transient migrant during the months of August through October. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, and Ch.

Name in Spanish: Playero Acanelado.

Sub-species: Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites (calidris) subruficollis), Vieillot 1819.

Meaning of Name: Calidris: Gr. kalidris, skalidris= shorebird the color of ash mentioned by Aristotle. subruficollis: L. sub= close and rufus= brown, reddish; and collis= neck.

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