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Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis   [Pallas, 1776]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
BTO Codes: , EURING No: 5000
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 36 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: Gr.: kalidris=grey waterside bird described by Aristotle and L.: rufus=reddish + collus=neck
World Distribution: BREEDS: ne Siberia, nw Alaska, WINTERS: se Asia to Australia & New Zealand
Habitat: Wet tundra, on migration mudflats
Diet:
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Humberside, 1986 (Richards, B. 1989. British Birds 82:391-395)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 6 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Shetland (2000),
   North-east England: Northumberland (1995), East Yorkshire (1986),
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: Cambridgeshire (2001), Norfolk (1992),
   South-east England: No Records
   South-west England: No Records
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Rødhalset ryle Dutch: Roodkeelstrandloper
Finnish: Ruskokaulasirri French: Bécasseau à col roux
German: Rotkehlstrandläufer Hungarian: Rozsdástorkú partfutó
Icelandic: Roðatíta Irish:
Italian: Gambecchio collorosso Norwegian: Rødstrupesnipe
Polish: Biegus rdzawoszyi Portuguese: Pilrito-de-pescoço-ruivo
Spanish: Correlimos cuellirrojo Swedish: Rödhalsad snäppa
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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