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White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES FAMILY: SCOLOPACIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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Unique among the small sandpipers known as "peeps," the White-rumped Sandpiper shows white above the base of the tail. Its striking rump, along with its distinctive call note, make it readily identifiable in the midst of a flock of flying small shorebirds.

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Calls

  • Calls
    Recorded by William R. Evans
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call a metallic "tzeep," like the scraping of two pebbles.

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