Upland Sandpiper
(Bartramia longicauda)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B - Secure Breeding S4B - Apparently Secure Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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11″ to 12½″ in length 26″ wingspan |
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Voice |
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Song: A short, soft gurgle followed by a musical, whistling whip-whee-ee you. |
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Call: Two or three notes, or a few quick notes |
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Call: Many quick notes lasting one or two seconds |
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Habitat |
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Tallgrass prairie, open grasslands, prairies, hayfields, sedge meadows, unmowed alfalfa and timothy fields. Can sometimes be seen perching on fenceposts, often the only high perch on its breeding grounds. |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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April and May to early August |
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Nesting |
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Food |
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Grasshoppers, beetles, and other insects |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon migrant, common breeder |
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Maps |
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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) | ||
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Bartramia (Upland Sandpipers) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Synonyms |
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Tringa longicauda |
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Dan W. Andree |
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Upland Sandpiper up on a big boulder ... It was out by Sandpiper Prairie SNA July 4, 2022. These are 4k frame grabs. |
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"Upland Sandpiper"... Seen a pair of them but they were spread apart so just photographed one to get a little closer photo. First time I had seen or noticed them. They weren’t that far from some Marbled Godwits which were maybe an eighth of a mile away at most. Noticed a snipe in the same general area too. |
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Slideshows |
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| Upland Sandpiper Allen Chartier |
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| Upland Sandpiper Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Upland Sandpiper JMC Nature Photos |
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| ID'd! - Upland Sandpiper Joshua Mayer |
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Other Videos |
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| Upland Sandpiper Graham Etherington |
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Uploaded on May 20, 2011 Near Mio, Michigan, 20 May 2011 |
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| Upland Sandpiper juvenile Philip Parsons |
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Uploaded on Oct 18, 2011 Upland Sandpiper filmed on St Marys, Isles of Scilly in a poughed field at Maypole |
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| Upland Sandpipers - Dunn Ranch Andrew Reago |
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Published on Jun 4, 2012 Disgicsoped at Dunn Ranch, Harrison County, MO - 6/4/12 |
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| Upland Sandpiper (Scolopacidae: Bartramia longicauda) Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jul 28, 2009 Photographed near Mekinock, North Dakota (27 July 2009). |
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| Dan W. Andree 7/4/2022 |
Location: Norman Co. Mn. It was out by Sandpiper Prairie SNA July 4, 2022. These are 4k frame grabs. |
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| Dan W. Andree 5/22/2020 |
Location: Rural Norman Co. Seen a pair of them but they were spread apart so just photographed one to get a little closer photo. First time I had seen or noticed them. They weren’t that far from some Marbled Godwits which were maybe an eighth of a mile away at most. Noticed a snipe in the same general area too. |
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