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Upland Sandpiper

bartramia longicauda

The Upland Sandpiper is a long-legged bird that loves to run across open fields. With its unique call and beautiful spotted feathers, it's a fun bird to spot in nature!

Lebensraum: Open grasslands and fields, often near agricultural areas.

Aussehen

The Upland Sandpiper is a medium-sized shorebird with a distinctive small head, large dark eyes, and a long neck on a streaky brown body. Its chest is finely streaked fading to a pale belly, and it has yellowish legs. A unique peaked crown gives its head a triangular appearance.

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Upland Sandpiper

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It often perches on fence posts, looking like a tiny, watchful sentinel.

Their nests are simple scrapes on the ground, hidden by dense grass.

These birds arrive on their breeding grounds exactly when grasses are tall!

They eat so many grasshoppers, they help farmers protect their crops.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Upland Sandpiper can locate hidden insects and small prey deep within tall grasses because of its keen eyesight and acute hearing.

Upland Sandpiper has a distinctive, mellow whistle-like call that sounds like a flute, used for communicating over vast distances.

Upland Sandpiper can blend seamlessly into grassy environments thanks to its streaky brown and buff plumage, hiding it from predators.

Maße und Details

Länge: 28-32 cm
Flügelspannweite: 50-55 cm
Gewicht: 0.1-0.2 kg
Lebenserwartung: 3-10 Jahre
Top Speed: 70 km/h
Gelegegröße: 3-5
Brutzeit: 21-26 Tage
Zugstrecke: 12000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These birds love munching on insects, especially grasshoppers, found hiding in tall fields!

Hauptnahrung

Grasshoppers
Crickets
Beetles
Caterpillars
Spiders

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Foxes prey on their eggs and young in open grasslands.

eats

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

These sandpipers feast on various insects, especially grasshoppers.

depends on

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

This native prairie grass provides essential nesting habitat.

eaten by

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Large raptors, like hawks, can prey on adult Upland Sandpipers.

Merkmale

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.