White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis): Photos, Range and Facts

Overview

The white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) is a small migratory shorebird that breeds in the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints". In flight, it is more easily picked out by its namesake white rump.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Breeds wet tundra from North Slope of Alaska eastward in coastal northern Canada to northwestern Hudson Bay, and Banks to Devon and Baffin islands (northeastern Canada); winters to wetlands of southern Chile, southeastern Brazil, northwestern to southeastern Argentina, and Falkland Islands.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.