Species
Calidris subruficollis (Buff-breasted sandpiper)
Calidris subruficollis. Photo: (c) Cameron Eckert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) is a small shorebird. The species name subruficollis is from Latin sub, “near to” and collum, “neck”. It is a calidrid sandpiper.
- 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 subruficollis (Buff-breasted 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)