BirdUp · Species
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda(Bechstein, 1812)
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Bartramia
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The upland sandpiper is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews. Older names are the upland plover and Bartram's sandpiper. In Louisiana, it is also colloquially known as the papabotte. It is the sole extant member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram. The species name longicauda is from Latin longus, "long" and caudus, "tail". The name "Bartram's sandpiper" was made popular by Alexander Wilson, who was taught ornithology and natural history illustration by Bartram.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Inland grassland of subarctic to north temperate Neotropics: north to south-east Alaska and north-west Canada, east to south-east Canada and New England, in south to east Oregon, north-east Oklahoma and in south-east to Pennsylvania (east-central USA)
- Non-breeding range
- Inland grassland of subtropical to temperate south South America: mainly south Paraguay, south Brazil, Uruguay and west-central to east-central Argentina
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