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title: "Amerikaanse bosruiter"
description: "Tringa solitaria — Vogels. The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/solitary-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amerikaanse bosruiter

> Tringa solitaria — Vogels. The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird.

- Scientific name: *Tringa solitaria*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 34489
- Wikidata: [Q836304](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q836304)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3875](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3875)

## Names

- en: Solitary Sandpiper
- de: Einsamer Wasserläufer
- es: Playero Solitario
- fr: Chevalier solitaire
- nl: Amerikaanse bosruiter
- pt: Maçarico-solitário
- pl: Brodziec ciemnorzytny

## Countries with the most observations

US (20151), CA (6452), MX (1892), BR (1043), CO (1000), AR (423), PA (191), CR (132), HN (126), BO (119), GF (76), PR (51)

## Summary

The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific solitaria is Latin for "solitary" from solus, "alone".

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

## Photo

![Amerikaanse bosruiter](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/solitary-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ira Gershenhorn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159330192

## Machine access

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