# White-rumped Sandpiper

*Calidris fuscicollis*

This bird performs one of the longest migrations of any shorebird, traveling over 8,000 miles from the High Arctic to southern South America twice a year.

- **Taxonomy:** Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Scolopacidae › Calidris
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** decreasing
- **Biome:** wetland
- **Habitat:** Arctic tundra for breeding; coastal mudflats, estuaries, and flooded grasslands during migration and wintering.
- **Diet:** Invertebrates including aquatic insects, larvae, small mollusks, and crustaceans; occasionally seeds.
- **Range:** Arctic North America, South American Southern Cone, Atlantic Coastline, Great Plains
- **Size:** Length: 15-20 cm; Wingspan: 38-43 cm; Weight: 35-45g
- **Lifespan:** 5-7 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Climate change affecting Arctic breeding grounds, habitat loss at stopover sites, and pollution in coastal wetlands.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless and shy. Observe from a distance with binoculars to avoid disturbing their vital feeding or resting periods during migration. Do not approach or chase birds on mudflats as they must conserve energy for 8,000-mile flights.

## About

The white-rumped sandpiper ( Calidris fuscicollis ) is a small 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".

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/52943339-6210-4d5e-86d2-4739dbedecd1
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3866
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calidris fuscicollis
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/23981351/medium.jpeg (Quinten Wiegersma, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.