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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata [Horsfield, 1821]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
VV , SHTSA
EURING No:
5080
Number in Britain:
0 records/year
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:
18 cm
Wingspan:
45 cm
Weight:
-
Scientific name from:
Gr.: kalidris =grey waterside bird described by Aristotle
and L.: acuminatus =pointed
World Distribution:
BREEDS: ne Siberia, WINTERS: Australasia
Habitat:
Tundra, on migration mudflats, flooded fields
Diet:
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Norfolk, 1848
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
21
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Clyde
(1956),
Lothian
(1985),
Shetland
(2000),
North-east England:
Cleveland
(1997),
North-west England:
Cheshire
,
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Wales:
Clwyd
(1973),
Gwynedd
(1996),
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Pibydd Gynffonfain
Danish:
Spidshalset ryle
Dutch:
Sibirische strandloper
Finnish:
Suippopyrstösirri
French:
Bécasseau à queue pointue
German:
Spitzschwanzstrandläufer
Hungarian:
Hegyesfarkú partfutó
Icelandic:
Ósatíta
Irish:
Gobadán Earr-Rinneach
Italian:
Piovanello siberiano
Norwegian:
Spisshalesnipe
Polish:
Biegus ostrosterny
Portuguese:
Pilrito-acuminado
Spanish:
Correlimos acuminado
Swedish:
Spetsstjärtad snäppa
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