Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
Table 1
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Scolopacidae

Body Size: Medium
Foraging Guild: Aquatic/terrestrial gleaner
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 3 cm; vegetative cover - bare to dense
Migration Distance: Long
Migration Pattern: Narrow band
Dispersion: Moderately to broadly dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 6 spring and 14 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts (see Appendix for more information):

1. Beaverhill Lake, Alberta

2. Between Duson and Crowley, Louisiana

3. Wagoner County, Oklahoma

4. Kleberg County, Texas

5. Coweta sod farms, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

6. Riverton Wildlife Area, Fremont County, Iowa

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