Buff-breasted sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis


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The unmarked buff underparts of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper separate it from other brown shorebirds with streaked or spotted underparts: Baird's Sandpiper, juvenile Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper, and Upland Sandpiper. In flight, the white wing linings are diagnostic.