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[[Image:6414Solitary sandpiper.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|DOC|DOC}}]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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This species is a dumpy wader with a dark green back, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark rump and tail centre. The latter feature distinguishes it from the slightly larger and broader-winged, but otherwise very similar, Green Sandpiper of Europe and Asia, to which it is closely related. The latter species has a brilliant white rump. In flight, the Solitary Sandpiper has a characteristic three-note whistle.
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18-21 cm<br />
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*Dark green back
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*Greyish head and breast
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*White underparts
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*White eye-ring
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====Similar Species====
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[[Green Sandpiper]], which has a white rump.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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It breeds in woodlands across [[Alaska]] and [[Canada]]. It is a migratory bird, wintering in Central and [[South America]], especially in the Amazon River basin, and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western [[Europe]].
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[[North America]]: [[Canada]], [[USA]], [[Alaska]]<br />
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[[Central America]]: [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[El Salvador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Bermuda]]<br />
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[[Caribbean]]: [[Greater Antilles]], [[Lesser Antilles]], [[Windward Islands]], [[Leeward Islands]], [[Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[Turks and Caicos Islands]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Hispaniola]], [[Haiti]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Puerto Rico]], [[Virgin Islands]], [[Anguilla]], [[Antigua]], [[Barbuda]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Dominica]], [[Martinique]], [[Barbados]], [[Trinidad]], [[Tobago]], [[Netherlands Antilles]]<br />
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[[South America]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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The Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, is a small wader (shorebird). Its only close relative in the genus Tringa is the Green Sandpiper (Pereira & Baker, 2005); they both have brown wings with little light dots, and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern In addition, both species nest in trees, unlike most other scolopacids.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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*''T. s. solitaria'' (Eastern):
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:*Eastern [[British Columbia]] to [[Labrador]]; winters central and [[South America]]
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*''T. s. cinnamomea'' (Western):
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:*[[Alaska]] and western [[Canada]]; winters northern [[South America]] to [[Argentina]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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The Solitary Sandpiper is very much a bird of fresh water, and is often found in sites, such as ditches, too restricted for other waders, which tend to like a clear all-round view
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Fresh water marshes and ponds.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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This is not a gregarious species, usually seen alone during migration, although sometimes small numbers congregate in suitable feeding areas. .
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As its name suggests they are normally seen singly during migration. Small numbers may gather in feeding areas.
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====Diet====
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Food is small invertebrates, sometimes small frogs, picked off the mud as this species works steadily around the edges of its chosen pond
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The diet consists of small invertebrates, occasionally frogs. Feeds at pond edges.
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====Breeding====
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The Solitary Sandpiper lays 3-5 eggs in an old tree nest of a songbird species, such as a thrush. The young birds are believed to drop to the ground on their own soon after hatching.
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They utilise an abandoned songbird's tree nest, laying 3-5 eggs.
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====Vocalisation====
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A three-note whistle is uttered in flight.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Solitary+Sandpiper}}
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{{GSearch|Tringa_solitaria}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tringa]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tringa]]

Revision as of 00:24, 7 May 2009

Tringa solitaria
Photo by DOC

Identification

18-21 cm

  • Dark green back
  • Greyish head and breast
  • White underparts
  • White eye-ring

Similar Species

Green Sandpiper, which has a white rump.

Distribution

North America: Canada, USA, Alaska
Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Bermuda
Caribbean: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Hispaniola, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Barbados, Trinidad, Tobago, Netherlands Antilles
South America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • T. s. solitaria (Eastern):
  • T. s. cinnamomea (Western):

Habitat

Fresh water marshes and ponds.

Behaviour

As its name suggests they are normally seen singly during migration. Small numbers may gather in feeding areas.

Diet

The diet consists of small invertebrates, occasionally frogs. Feeds at pond edges.

Breeding

They utilise an abandoned songbird's tree nest, laying 3-5 eggs.

Vocalisation

A three-note whistle is uttered in flight.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia
  4. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
  5. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6

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External Links

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