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The buff-breasted sandpipers are known to prey on Bombus polaris, a species of bumblebee found within the Arctic Circle. [6] They will either eat the bees or feed them to their young. [6] They are often very tame. Buff-breasted sandpipers are suspected to have hybridized with the white-rumped or Baird's sandpiper.
Spoon-billed sandpiper: Calidris pygmaea (Linnaeus, 1758) 86 Buff-breasted sandpiper: Calidris subruficollis (Vieillot, 1819) 87 Sanderling: Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) 88 Dunlin: Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) 89 Purple sandpiper: Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764) 90 Rock sandpiper: Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) 91 Baird's sandpiper ...
Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (A) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii; Little stint, Calidris minuta (A) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis; Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (near-threatened) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos; Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (near ...
Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus; Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A) [7] Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina; Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii; Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus; Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina (V) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (V) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis; Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (V) Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos; Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
Two other waders can be confused with the ruff. The juvenile sharp-tailed sandpiper is a little smaller than a juvenile female ruff and has a similar rich orange-buff breast, but the ruff is slimmer with a longer neck and legs, a rounder head, and a much plainer face. [17]
Stilt sandpiper, Calidris himantopus (A) Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A) Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina (A) Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii (A) Little stint, Calidris minuta (A) Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (A) Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (A)
Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea (A) Red-necked stint/little stint, Calidris ruficollis/Calidris minuta (A) Sanderling, Calidris alba; Dunlin, Calidris alpina; Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii; Least sandpiper, Calidris minutilla; White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis; Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis