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Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Sandpipers and Allies
Solitary Sandpiper, photographed by Ant Armada

Photo: Ant Armada · Pexels · Pexels License (licence)

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About the Solitary Sandpiper

Medium-sized shorebird. Gray above and white below, with fine white speckling on wings and bold white spectacles. Note dark underwing and dark rump in flight. Smaller and shorter-legged than Lesser Yellowlegs, with duller greenish legs. Often alone, but multiple individuals may gather loosely in appropriate habitat. Tips body like Spotted Sandpiper, but less constantly and not as quick and dramatic. Breeds around ponds and marshes in the boreal forest; uses old songbird nests in trees, unlike most other shorebirds. In migration and winter, mostly seen on small bodies of water like muddy ponds, lake edges, and slow-moving streams. Extensive winter range throughout Central and South America. Listen for piercing, high-pitched “tsee-weet!” call.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 67 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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