Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calidris melanotos
Playero Pectoral, Tin Güín, Pectoral Sandpiper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Species
melanotos
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Lévêque et al. (1966) reported one collected in the highlands of Santa Cruz in October 1964. Harris (1973) mentioned an additional record in the highlands of Santa Cruz on 1 October 1967.
- 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. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Swash, A. Still, R. (2000) Birds, mammals, and reptiles of the Galapagos Islands, an identification guide. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 168 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calidris melanotos", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5048. Accessed 2 November 2026.