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Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii [Leisler, 1812]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
TK , TEMST
EURING No:
5020
Number in Britain:
90 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
Wingspan:
36 cm
Weight:
M/F: 24 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and after Conraad Temminck (1778-1858), Dutch ornithologst and collector
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n Eurasia, WINTERS: s Europe, s Asia, n&c Africa
Habitat:
Tundra, grassy meadows, on migration mudflats
Diet:
Inland, insects, esp beetles and flies, On coasts, crustaceans, worms and molluscs
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
90 individuals
Summer:
1 to 4 pairs
in 1998-02
First Record:
1832
First Breeding Record:
Cairngorms 1934
Latest Survey:
Mudge, G.P. & Dennis, R.H. ((1995)) British Birds 88:573-575
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
10 to 20 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
28 x 20 mm
Egg Weight:
5.8 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
Incubation:
21 - 22 days
by the:
Male (occ. Female)
Fledging:
15 - 18 days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
1-3
Number Ringed:
0
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few ringed in Britain, but Finland : 12yr 0m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
B2
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Pibydd Temminck
Danish:
Temmincksryle
Dutch:
Temmincks strandloper
Finnish:
Lapinsirri
French:
Bécasseau de Temminck
German:
Temminckstrandläufer
Hungarian:
Temminck-partfutó
Icelandic:
Bakkatíta
Irish:
Gobadáinín Temminck
Italian:
Gambecchio nano
Norwegian:
Temmincksnipe
Polish:
Biegus maly
Portuguese:
Pilrito de Temminck
Spanish:
Correlimos de Temminck
Swedish:
Mosnäppa
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Nethersole-Thompson, D. & M. 1986 Waders, their breeding, haunts and watchers Poyser, London
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