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title: "Upland Sandpiper"
description: "Bartramia longicauda — Uccelli. The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/upland-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Upland Sandpiper

> Bartramia longicauda — Uccelli. The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews.

- Scientific name: *Bartramia longicauda*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 5748
- Wikidata: [Q530194](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530194)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3962](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3962)

## Names

- en: Upland Sandpiper
- de: Prärieläufer
- es: Zarapito ganga
- fr: Bartramie des champs
- nl: Bartrams ruiter
- pt: Maçarico-do-campo
- pl: Preriowiec

## Countries with the most observations

US (3589), CA (1215), MX (193), AR (138), BR (42), UY (34), HN (23), CR (22), ZA (17), EC (16), CO (11), BO (10)

## Summary

The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews. Older names are the upland plover and Bartram's sandpiper. In Louisiana, it is also colloquially known as the papabotte. It is the sole extant member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram. The species name  longicauda is from Latin longus, "long" and caudus, "tail". The name "Bartram's sandpiper" was made popular by Alexander Wilson, who was taught ornithology and natural history illustration by Bartram.

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

## Photo

![Upland Sandpiper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/upland-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Conway Hawn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155840534

## Machine access

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