Species: Aphriza virgata

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Salish Sea-reliant birds

Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Aphriza

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Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102945

Classification

Other Global Common Names

Playero Roquero, Playero de Rompientes - bécasseau du ressac

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Aphriza

Ecology and Life History

Migration

false - false - true - Adults begin migrating south from breeding areas in mid-July (Hayman et al. 1986). Begins migrating north from southern part of nonbreeding range in early March. Migrates through Costa Rica mid-September to late October, and late April-May (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

During the nesting season feeds primarily on insects (e.g., beetles, flies, caterpillars, bees, ants). Also eats snails and seeds. During the rest of the year feeds along rocky coasts on crustaceans and small mollusks (Bent 1929).

Reproduction Comments

Breeding begins late May to early June (Harrison 1978). Four eggs; probably incubated by both sexes. Nestlings precocial.

Length

Weight

205

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-11-26

Global Status Last Changed

1996-11-26

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

G - 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles) - G - BREEDING: central Alaska and Yukon. NON-BREEDING: along Pacific coast from south-coastal and southeastern Alaska south along Pacific coasts of North, Middle, and South America to Straits of Magellan. Nonbreeders may summer in winter range as far south as Panama (AOU 1983).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)

ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102945