Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), St Vincent and The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay (NB), USA (B), Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (NB).
Vagrant to France, Gambia, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain, St Helena, Sweden, United Kingdom, Zambia.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 150,000 (2010).
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) [XC662087]
by Thomas Magarian from Smith Bybee Wetlands, North Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States (call)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) [XC799757]
by Aidan Place from Rio Araguaia, Parque Estadual do Cant\u00e3o, Pium, Tocantins, Brazil (call)
Nest
Usually prefers an old tree nest of a songbird.
Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
solitaria Wilson, 1813 - Eastern British Columbia through south-central Canada to Quebec and Labrador. Winters from Central America and West Indies to South America south to Argentina, and occasionally in southern USA.
cinnamomea (Brewster, 1890) - Central and southern Alaska through western Northwest Territories and northern British Columbia to north-eastern Manitoba. Winters from northern South America south to central Argentina.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet