Playero Pectoral Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Birds Colombia La Voz de las Aves Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) Wild Bird Gallery Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) , These medium sized shorebirds nest in the tundra along the Arctic Ocean and then make an 8,000 mile journey to their wintering grounds in South America. , Pectoral Sandpiper. The pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), often abbreviated pec, is a small, migratory wader that breeds in arctic regions of North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It