Buff-breasted Sandpiper

18-20 cm (7-8") Rare. Nests on dry Tundra, winters in short grass and edges of ponds, lakes. Migrates inland through Great Plains to Argentina.

A tame Robin-sized sandpiper with a relatively short black bill, white eye-ring, yellowish legs. Mottled dark blackish-brown upperparts; rich plain buffy face, buffy underparts including undertail coverts. Wing-raising habit.

In flight: pure white wing linings contrast with buff underparts.

Song: trilled "pr-r-r-reet".

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