---
title: "Buff-breasted Sandpiper"
description: "Calidris subruficollis — Birds. The buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) is a small shorebird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/buff-breasted-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Buff-breasted Sandpiper

> Calidris subruficollis — Birds. The buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) is a small shorebird.

- Scientific name: *Calidris subruficollis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 3019
- Wikidata: [Q27452709](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27452709)
- iNaturalist taxon: [339596](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/339596)

## Names

- en: Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- de: Grasläufer
- es: Playero Ocre
- fr: Bécasseau rousset
- pl: Biegus płowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1822), CA (503), UY (75), BR (62), AR (59), GB (44), FR (43), ES (30), MX (30), AU (27), PT (25), ZA (17)

## Summary

The buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) is a small shorebird. The species name subruficollis is from Latin subrufus, "reddish" (from sub, "somewhat", and rufus, "rufous") and collis, "-necked/-throated" (from collum, "neck"). It is a calidrid sandpiper, notable for its long annual migration, from the artic region of North America to the pampas region of South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-breasted_sandpiper

## Photo

![Buff-breasted Sandpiper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/buff-breasted-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193326491

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/buff-breasted-sandpiper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).