Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tringa solitaria
Andarríos Solitario, Playero solitario, Solitary Sandpiper
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Tringa
Species
solitaria
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Recorded on Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal and Fernandina Islands (Wiedenfeld 2006).
- 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.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- Rothschild, W. Hartert, E. & Jordan, K. (1899) A review of the ornithology of the Galapagos Islands with notes on the Webster-Harris Expedition. Novitates Zoologicae 6(2): 85-286.
- Swarth, H.S. (1931) The Avifauna of the Galapagos Islands. Occ. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 18: 1-299.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tringa solitaria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5192. Accessed 30 October 2026.