First record of White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) at Esperanza/Hope Bay, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Silvestro, Anahí Mariel, Santos, María Mercedes, Juáres, Mariana Alejandra, Libertelli, Marcela, Hidalgo, Keila E., Kass, Nicolás Ariel, Casaux, Ricardo Jorge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Biología; Vagrancy; Antarctic Peninsula; Migrant birds; Charadriiformes; Scolopacidae; Antarctic; Arctic; Canada; Drake Passage; Esperanza; Esperanza Station; Hope Bay; Passage Peak; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Alaska
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/131413

The White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (Vieillot 1819) is one of the longest migrating birds that breeds in the high Arctic in Alaska and Canada and spends the post-breeding period in South America. This bird is a frequent vagrant visitor of Islas Georgias del Sur/South Georgia and the So...