White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) |
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© Erik Toorman | © Erik Toorman | © Martin Reid |
Kabalebo Nov 22 far from the coast © Armida Madngisa nature guide | French Guiana © Alexandre Renaudier |
White-rumped Sandpiper: The white rump is clearly visisble in the picture of the flying bird. This shorebird breeds in arctic North America and visits Suriname on its way south from halfway August till the end of November and can also be seen on its way northwards again from the beginning of April till halfway June. Photos of a White-rumped Sandpiper, the first two were made by Erik Toorman at Braamspunt in Suriname in October 2010. Then a picture by Martin Reid in November 2017 and the last one by Alexandre Renaudier in French Guiana in the ricefields near Mana. |
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Video recording of a White-rumped Sandpiper © ; |
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Observations through the year | Observations of breeding through the year |
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The 121 reported observations of this bird in Suriname, mainly for the last 50 years up to 2018, have been grouped by month. More birds on one day are counted as one observation. Of course, if the graph should depict the total number of birds seen, the differences between the months could be much more pronounced. | The reported breeding observations of this bird in Suriname. Most observations are about nest with eggs, some about fledglings, or feeding at a nest or the building of a nest. Of the about 5000 nests and eggs found for all species together, about 1/3 comes from the egg collection of Penard between 1896 and 1905. For some reason most collecting then was done in the first half of each year, so the shown distribution does not necessarily reflect the actual breeding preferences. The main dry season in Suriname is reckoned to be from half August to the end of November, the main wet season from half April to half August, but the the timing of begin and end does vary from year to year. Around March a second dry season often occurs. |