Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)

Castro-Vargas, Fernando, Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson, Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin & Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy, 2020, Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1375-1391 : 1387

Calidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)

Figure 9F

New records. An individual foraging at the edge of the wetland in the ESNR on 10 Feb. 2019. It remained in the area for at least a week. We recorded this species systematically on 17 Feb. 2019.

Identification. Dark breast streaking which stops at a bold clean break on the breast, or pectoral area.

Remarks. We did not record any reproductive events. This species is a boreal migratory bird scarce in the Bogotá Savannah ( ABO 2000).

Distribution. Alaska to southern South America.