Species
Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped sandpiper)
Calidris fuscicollis. Photo: (c) Hannah Floyd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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”.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)
- Genus: Calidris (Calidris sandpipers)
- Species: Calidris fuscicollis (White-rumped sandpiper)
- Genus: Calidris (Calidris sandpipers)
- Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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