Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollis

The buff-breasted sandpiper is a small shorebird. The species name subruficollis is from Latin subrufus, "reddish" and collis, "-necked/-throated". It is a calidrid sandpiper, notable for its long annual migration, from the artic region of North America to the pampas region of South America.

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