Spotted in Keezhnathur Eri, this small sparrow-sized winter-visiting wader is very similar to the Little Stint, but greyer brown and less mottled above. It is less white below with the breast light brownish grey and it has olive-green legs. It prefers inland fresh water marshes but can also be seen in tidal mudflats and coastal lagoons. It often keeps in mixed flocks with the Little Stint and other small waders and feeds on tiny molluscs, crustaceans, worms and insects. The birds scatter when feeding, but never stray very far from one another. This bird is constantly on the move scampering about on the mud picking up tidbits. Its call is a high-pitched trilling twitter quite different from the wit-wit-wit of the Little Stint.
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📚 Overview
Summary
Bird group
Sandpipers
Description
The bird is more elongated and has more horizontal stance than Little and the tail extends noticeably beyond the closed wings at rest. During flight whites appear to the sides of tail. Mantle V is lacking in all plumages nd is rather uniform but has complete breast bands and indistinct supercillium. Yellowish legs. Irregular dark markings appear on upperparts of adults breeding and juvenile regular buff fringes (very different patterning from Little)
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Trophic Strategy
They mostly eat insects and other small invertebratesas well as the occasional plant matter and on the coasts the species takes annelids, crustaceans and small molluscs.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Marine
Freshwater
For breeding species prefer arctic tundra, shrub tundra and forest tundra along flood-plains. They are generally found near coastal inlets, deltas, rivers or streams, clear ground with little vegetation, areas covered with short grass and interspersed with patches of scrub, areas with grasses, sedges or Empetrum, and scrub willow or birch thickets with sandy or gravelly stretches. During non-breeding season the species inhabits inland freshwater wetlands such as flood-lands, irrigated fields, sewage farms, densely vegetated wetlands, ditches, muddy marshes and lake edges, and on the coast,
Frequents on the sea coast and inland waters.
Description
Global Distribution
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Distribution In India
Winter visitor to the entire subcontinent including Andamans
Distribution In Assam
Migratory in Assam
Calidris temminckii is native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation (Central Asian Russia, Eastern Asian Russia, European Russia), Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen. It is vagrant to Armenia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Guam, Ireland, Montenegro, Northern Mariana Islands, Serbia, United States, Zambia.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Threats
This species is threatened by nest predation from other species like Common Gull, Ruddy Turnstone, Hooded Crow, American mink, fox. Breeding range shrinkage and deterioration of suitable habitats are also threat for them.
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].
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
- BirdLife International. 2016. Calidris temminckii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22693388A86612164. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693388A86612164.en. Downloaded on 29 April 2018.
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
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].
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
- BirdLife International. 2016. Calidris temminckii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22693388A86612164. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693388A86612164.en. Downloaded on 29 April 2018.
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Charadriiformes |
| Family | Scolopacidae |
| Genus | Calidris |
| Species | Calidris temminckii (Leisler 1812) |
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