White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
IUCN status: Vulnerable
Identification
Similar to Curlew Sandpiper in non-breeding plumage but shorter straighter bill with brown or yellow tinge to base of lower mandible. Generally smaller and shorter legs.
Confusing Species
Curlew Sandpiper
Distribution
Distribution
Vagrant to Australia.
Migratory habits
Migrates to coasts of North and South America
Breeding
Breeds in Alaska and northern Canada.
Sightings of White-rumped Sandpiper in Australia
| Location | State | Sighting period | |
| Lake Alexandrina | SA | 16/03/2018 | |
| Lake Wollumboola | NSW | 5/01/2015 | |
| Dry Creek Salt Fields | SA | 15/01/1988 | |
| Windang | NSW | 31/10/1984 | |
| Pitt Town | NSW | 29/10/1977 | |
| Werribee | VIC | Jan 1977 to Feb 1977 | |
| Lake Murdeduke | VIC | Nov 1973 to Feb 1974 |
References
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- https://sproggies63.github.io/birding_apps/
- Geering, Andrew, Lindsay Agnew, and Sandra Harding, eds. Shorebirds of Australia. Csiro Publishing, 2007.
- Parmelee, D. F. (2020). White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, P. R. Stettenheim, and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whrsan.01