Habitat

Breeding habitat well-vegetated, permanently or semi-wet tundra from wet meadow to dwarf shrub meadow typically near marshy ponds, lakes, or streams (Parmalee 1992). In Alaska, also breeds on high, well-drained ridges (Holmes and Pitelka 1962). Nonbreeding includes grassy marshes, mudflats, sandy beaches, flooded fields, and shores of ponds and lakes (AOU 1983).

References

AOU. 1983. Check-list of North American birds. 6th ed.American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington D. C.

Holmes, R. T. and F. A. Pitelka. 1962. Behavior and taxonomic position of the White-rumped Sandpiper. Proc. Alaska. Sci. Conf. 12: 19-20.

Parmalee, D. F. 1992. White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis). In The Birds of North America, No. 29 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists’ Union.