Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Identification & Behavior: ~28.5 cm (11.2 in). The Upland Sandpiper has a relatively short and straight bill, which is mostly yellow. The legs are also yellow. It favors open fields and pastures. It is similar to Pectoral Sandpiper, but is distinguished by having a shorter yellow bill and lacking the sharply set off streaks and pale belly in Pectoral Sandpiper.

Status: The Upland Sandpiper is an uncommon to rare Boreal migrant to Amazonia during the months of September through November and February through April. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, Ch.

Name in Spanish: Playero Batitú.

Sub-species: Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Bechstein 1812.

Meaning of Name: Bartramia: In honor of North American botanist and ornithologist, collector, and explorer William Bartram. longicauda: L. longus= Long and cauda= tail.

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