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| + | [[Image:Buff-breasted_Sandpiper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by jvhigbee <br/>Location: Port Townsend, [[Washington]] ]] | ||
;[[:Category:Tryngites|Tryngites]] subruficollis | ;[[:Category:Tryngites|Tryngites]] subruficollis | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 45cm. Buff head, neck and underparts, scaly brown upperparts, black streaked crown, cream throat, fine spots on each side of breast, short, straight bill, green-yellow legs. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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'''Non-breeding''': Mainly [[South America]], but known as a vagrant almost worldwide. | '''Non-breeding''': Mainly [[South America]], but known as a vagrant almost worldwide. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dry grassy areas. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The female builds a nest on the ground, lined with grass. 3-4 eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 3 weeks. The chicks leave the nest less than 12 hours after hatching in order to feed themselves. | ||
| − | + | The diet includes earthworms, aquatic insects and larvae, and seeds. | |
| − | == | + | ==References== |
| + | ARKive | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Tryngites+subruficollis}} | {{GSearch|Tryngites+subruficollis}} | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tryngites]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tryngites]] [[Category:Incomplete]] | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 9 January 2009
- Tryngites subruficollis
Identification
45cm. Buff head, neck and underparts, scaly brown upperparts, black streaked crown, cream throat, fine spots on each side of breast, short, straight bill, green-yellow legs.
Distribution
Breeding: Tundra of eastern Siberia to Canada. Non-breeding: Mainly South America, but known as a vagrant almost worldwide.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Dry grassy areas.
Behaviour
The female builds a nest on the ground, lined with grass. 3-4 eggs are laid and incubated by the female for 3 weeks. The chicks leave the nest less than 12 hours after hatching in order to feed themselves.
The diet includes earthworms, aquatic insects and larvae, and seeds.
References
ARKive
