Birds of the World

Scolopacidae : Sandpipers

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005

Formerly placed in the genus Tryngites, recent studies (Gibson & Baker, 2012) have shown Buff-breasted Sandpiper should more properly be classified as a member of Calidris.

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005

It is a rare but annual vagrant to the UK from North America.

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005

John Muir CP, Lothian, Scotland -18th September 2005