Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calidris fuscicollis
Playero Lomiblanco, Playero de rabadilla blanca, White-rumped Sandpiper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
fuscicollis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: One bird was seen at Cape Hammond, Fernandina, on 1 November 1972, two were photographed at Cormorant Point, Floreana, on 2 December 1972 (Harris 1973) and another one was seen at the same location on 30 November 1978, and two were recorded at La Lobería San Cristóbal, on 1997.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calidris fuscicollis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5045. Accessed 3 October 2026.