Habitat
Nests in wooded wetlands in muskeg bogs, spruce forests, and deciduous riparian woodlands (Moskoff 1995); occasionally riparian tall shrub thickets (Spindler and Kessel 1980, McCaffery and Harwood 2004). On the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, associated with wet forest gaps 10 to 20 m wide (Collins et al. 1999). In the Yukon, breeding birds have been reported using subalpine shrub habitats, up to 1,600 m in elevation (Alexander et al. 2003).
References
Alexander, S. A., F. I. Doyle, C. D. Ecker, H. Grünberg, N. L. Hughes, M. Jensen, I. Johnson, D. H. Mossop, W. A. Nixon, and P. H. Sinclair. 2003. Birds of the Yukon Territory (P. H. Sinclair, W. A. Nixon, C. D. Eckert, and N. L. Hughes, eds.). UBC Press, Vancouver, B.C.
Collins, W.B., D. Williams, and T. Trapp. 1999. Spruce beetle effects on wildlife. Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Research Progress Report. ADF&G, Division of Wildlife Conservation. Grant W-27-1, Study 1.53.
McCaffery, B. J. and C. H. Harwood. 2004. Species at risk: Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), summary of ecology, abundance, and population trends in North America. Unpublished poster presented at the 10th Alaska Bird Conference, Anchorage, AK.
Moskoff, W. 1995. Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria). In The Birds of North America, No.156 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union.
Spindler, M. A. and B. A. Kessel. 1980. Avian populations and habitat use in interior Alaska taiga. Syesis 13:61-104.
