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Species
Least Concernupland sandpiper
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyScolopacidae
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Bartramia longicauda
- taxon name
- Bartramia longicauda
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- Bartramia longicauda
- wingspan
- 66
- taxon range
- South America
- taxon common name
- Upland sandpiper
- short name
- B. longicauda
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Upland Sandpiper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.