Bill is upturned longish and legs are short and yellowish. Prominent white trailing edge to secondaries and grey rump and tail are prominent during flight. During breeding adults have blackish scapular lines. Juveniles have buff-fringes and dark subterminal marks to feathers of upperparts, otherwise similar to adult breeding.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Tringa cinerea (Guldenstadt, 1775) |
| synonym | Tringa cinereus (Guldenstadt, 1775) |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
Bird group
Sandpipers
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Trophic Strategy
During period diet of this species consists mainly of adult and larval midges as well as seeds and in non-breeding period the diet of this species consisting of a variety of insects, small molluscs, crustaceans (including crabs), spiders and annelid worms.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Marine
Freshwater
Chiefly winters in sea coasts.
They breeds in lowland valleys in northern boreal forest and tundra, especially on floodplains with flooded meadows and marshes, and where overgrown moist grasslands alternate with willow. During non-breeding period prefer tropical coasts, especially open intertidal estuaries and mudflats, as well as coral reefs, sandy and pebbly beaches, sandbars and mudlfats at river mouths, coastal swamps, saltpans, coastal lagoons and saltmarsh creeks.
Description
Global Distribution
Europe, Siberia
Distribution In India
Assam
Distribution In Assam
Migratory in Assam (Kurua beel of Darrang district, Kaziranga NP, Janjimukh of Jorhat district)
Xenus cinereus is native to Afghanistan, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Georgia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mayotte, Micronesia, Federated States of , Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation (Central Asian Russia, Eastern Asian Russia, European Russia), Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. It is vagrant to Argentina, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Christmas Island, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Norway, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Poland, Réunion, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Protection Legal Status
Schedule IV
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
- BirdLife International. 2016. Xenus cinereus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22693251A86676385. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693251A86676385.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2018.
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
Information Listing > References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
- BirdLife International. 2016. Xenus cinereus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22693251A86676385. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693251A86676385.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2018.
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Charadriiformes |
| Family | Scolopacidae |
| Genus | Xenus |
| Species | Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt 1775) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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