Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tryngites subruficollis
buff-breasted sandpiper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Tryngites
Species
subruficollis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) (GBIF Secretariat, 2021)
Distribution: (C. subruficollis) Swash and Still (2000) listed one record, but with no details. Although the record may be valid, with no further information the species must remain on the hypothetical list.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tryngites subruficollis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19909. Accessed 4 November 2026.