Biotemas (Jun 2010)

First record of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Santa Catarina state and an additional record for Paraná state, southern Brazil

  • Marcos Ricardo Bornschein,
  • Leandro Corrêa,
  • Ricardo Belmonte-Lopes,
  • Glauco Ubiratan Kohler,
  • Bianca Luiza Reinert

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 2
pp. 223 – 225

Abstract

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On 17 October 1997 we observed one individual of Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis on a beach of Praia Deserta, Barra do Superagui, Superagui National Park, municipality of Guaraqueçaba, on the northern coast of Paraná. The only previous records for the Paraná coast dates from 1993. On 10 September 2009 we observed nine individuals of the species in a rice field in Joáia district, municipality of Tijucas, central coast of Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil. This is the first record for this state. The scarce number of records in these states may be related to regional rarity of the species, absence of field work in the proper habitat and time of year, and/or misidentification with other sandpipers.

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