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4.09 (2.74 - 5.46)|
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Excerpts Adapted from the Birds of Saskatchewan:
This unusual shorebird, an obligate grassland species, spends most of its life away from water. "It exhibits distinctive grassland adaptations: cryptic coloration, ground-nesting, well-defined diversionary displays, flight song, and relatively short incubation and nestling periods? (Houston, Jackson et al. 2011). Breeds largely in the central and northern plains of North America and sparingly through the west from Alaska to Idaho. Capable of long flights the Upland Sandpiper can reach its wintering grounds in South America within a week (Houston, Jackson et al. 2011).
The Upland Sandpiper "requires 3 different but nearby habitats: during courting it needs perches and low vegetation for visibility; during nesting, higher vegetation to hide its nest; and during supervision of young, lower vegetation? (Houston, Jackson et al. 2011). It is still fairly common locally in residual haylands and ungrazed or lightly grazed pastures in southeastern Saskatchewan, especially near Ceylon.
Fairly common in the southeast it becomes scarcer and more local to the west. In much of west-central Saskatchewan it is largely absent. North of the Yellowhead Hwy it is now uncommon and in the southern boreal region it is rare, confined to airstrips and other large forest clearings (Smith 1996). All sources agree that the Upland Sandpiper was abundant prior to European settlement (Houston 1998c).
Original text by C. Stuart Houston. Text adapted by Daniel J. Sawatzky
Read more about the Upland Sandpiper in the Birds of Saskatchewan here.
Recommended citation: Latremouille, L. M. 2025. Upland Sandpiper in Latremouille, L. M., S. L. Van Wilgenburg, C. B. Jardine, D. Lepage, A. R. Couturier, D. Evans, D. Iles, and K. L. Drake (eds.). 2025. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Saskatchewan, 2017-2021. Birds Canada. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan https://sk.birdatlas.ca/accounts/speciesaccount.jsp?sp=UPSA&lang=en [14 Nov 2025]
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