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Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

IUCN status: Least concern

 

Identification

Resembles Little Curlew but smaller, no broad supercillium and straight black bill with yellow base to lower mandible.

Confusing Species

Little Curlew

 

 

Distribution

 

Distribution

Vagrant

Migratory habits

Migrates to South America

Breeding

Breeds in North America.

Sightings of Upland Sandpiper in Australia

One accepted sighting in Australia: a specimen collected in 1848.

References

  1. eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available:  http://www.ebird.org (Accessed: Date 12/4/2026)
  2. Rogers A, Fuller RA & Amano T (2023) Australia’s migratory shorebirds: Trends and prospects. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. University of Queensland, Brisbane.
  3. Driessen, J., Kidd, L. R., Weller, D. R., Purnell, C., Maguire, G., Jaensch, R., and LeClair, S. M. (2025). Australian National Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat. Report for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. BirdLife Australia, Melbourne.
  4. https://sproggies63.github.io/birding_apps/
  5. Geering, Andrew, Lindsay Agnew, and Sandra Harding, eds. Shorebirds of Australia. Csiro Publishing, 2007.
  6. Houston, C. S., S. G. Mlodinow, C. Jackson, D. E. Bowen Jr., and F. Medrano (2023). Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.uplsan.02