Species: Tringa solitaria

Solitary Sandpiper

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Tringa

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Maçarico-Solitário - Playero Solitario, Pitotoy Solitario - chevalier solitaire

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Tringa - Recent mtDNA studies by Hebert et al. (2004) identified a deep divergence within the species which could result in splitting the species in two; further taxonomic investigation is required.

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

A small wading bird.

Migration

false - false - true - Begins migrating northward in March; migrates through U.S. April-May. Southward migration from breeding areas begins in early July. Migrates through Costa Rica mainly August-early October and mid-March to early May (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Arrives in northern South America in July or early August, departs by early April (Hilty and Brown 1986).

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

Wades through shallow water catching aquatic insects (dragonfly nymphs, water boatmen, water scavenger beetles, etc.) small crustaceans, small frogs, and worms. Also snatches insects (dragonflies, grasshoppers, etc) in mid-air.

Reproduction Comments

Breeding begins late May to early June (Harrison 1978). Usually 4 eggs. Nestlings precocial.

Ecology Comments

Nonbreeding: usually seen singly or in small loose groups (never flocks).

Length

Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

2008-01-10

Global Status Last Changed

1996-11-25

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Breeding range extends from central and south-coastal Alaska, northern Yukon, Mackenzie, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, and northern and central Ontario east through central Quebec to central and southern Labrador, and south to northwestern and central British Columbia, central Alberta, central Saskatchewan, southern Manitoba, and northern Minnesota; probably west-central Oregon (AOU 1983). During the nonbreeding season, the range extends from Baja California, Gulf Coast, southeastern Georgia, Florida, and Bahamas south through Middle America and South America to Peru, south-central Argentina, and Uruguay (accidental in Hawaii) (AOU 1983, Moskoff 1995).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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