Solitary Sandpiper
(Tringa solitaria)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Size |
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7½″ to 9″ in length 22″ wingspan |
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Voice |
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Similar Species |
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Habitat |
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Wet meadows, sedge wetlands, wooded streams, beaver ponds, muddy ponds, sewage lagoons, and rain puddles. |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Mid-April to mid-May and July to mid-August |
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Nesting |
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Abandoned songbird nest in a coniferous tree, usually spruce, in a bog near open water. |
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Food |
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Mostly aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, especially mosquito larvae and young midges but also spiders, worms, and tadpoles. |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon to common migrant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) | ||
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Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) | ||
Genus |
Tringa (shanks, tattlers, and allies) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Eastern Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria solitaria) Western Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria cinnamomea) |
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Lynn Rubey |
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An adult Solitary Sandpiper in The big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in Lac qui Parle County. |
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in a wooded area. |  |
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| Near the West Pool area. |  |
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Bill Reynolds |
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Slideshows |
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| Solitary Sandpiper Allen Chartier |
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| Solitary Sandpiper Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Solitary Sandpiper JMC Nature Photos |
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Other Videos |
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| Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria Ron Jackson |
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Published on Nov 9, 2013 Pouso Alegre Lodge, Pantanal, Brazil, October 2013. A juvenile bird I think. |
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| Tringa solitaria, flavipes e melanoleuca Pedro Teia |
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Published on Nov 3, 2013 Este video tem a principal função de apresentar as 3 principais tringas do Brasil e mostrar as diferenças de tamanho entre elas. |
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| Solitary Sandpiper (Scolopacidae: Tringa solitaria) Foraging Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Oct 9, 2010 Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (08 October 2010). |
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| Solitary Sandpiper The Music of Nature |
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Uploaded on Jul 21, 2010 Solitary sandpiper filmed in Maine. © 2010 Garth McElroy |
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| Solitary Sandpipers in Connecticut WIld Bird Video Productions |
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Published on Jun 20, 2012 These shorebirds only pass through Connecticut during their migration between South America and Northern North America where they breed. Along the way they stop to feed in freshwater ponds, flooded fields and beaver bogs like the one where I photographed these guys in spring. ©2012 www.JimZipp.com |
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| Mike Poeppe 7/10/2023 |
Location: a few miles East of Houston |
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| Lynn Rubey 5/14/2020 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge Near the West Pool area. |
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| Lynn Rubey 5/5/2020 |
Location: Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge in a wooded area. |
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| Bill Reynolds 6/15/2008 |
Location: Pennington Co MN |
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