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| Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus [Pontoppidan, 1763] | |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
OA , BRBSA
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EURING No: 5140 | |
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Number in Britain:
4 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
falcinellus recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 38 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 40 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: limus=mud + -colere=to inhabit and L.: falcis=sickle |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n Scandinavia, Siberia, WINTERS: s Asia to Australia |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, on migration mudflats, marshes |
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Diet:
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
1836
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
190
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
May to September
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
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Angus & Dundee
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Clyde
(2000),
Dumfries & Galloway
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Fife
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Upper Forth
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Highland
(1996),
Lothian
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Moray & Nairn
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Northeast
(2004),
Outer Hebrides
(2002),
Orkney
(1999),
Shetland
(1999),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2003),
Durham
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Northumberland
(1999),
East Yorkshire
(2003),
North Yorkshire
(2002),
South Yorkshire
(2000),
West Yorkshire
(1996),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1999),
Cumbria
(1995),
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(2004),
Northamptonshire
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Nottinghamshire
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Staffordshire
(2004),
Warwickshire
(1985),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
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Essex
(1989),
Hertfordshire
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Lincolnshire
(2000),
Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(1998),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1956),
Hampshire
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Kent
(1997),
East Sussex
(1988),
West Sussex
(1993),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Devon
(2004),
Dorset
(1986),
Gloucestershire
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Somerset
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Wiltshire
(1977),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1984),
Clwyd
(1960),
Gwynedd
(1999),
Gwent
(1988),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Pibydd Llydanbig |
| Danish: Kærløber | Dutch: Breedbekstrandloper |
| Finnish: Jänkäsirriäinen | French: Bécasseau falcinelle |
| German: Sumpfläufer | Hungarian: Sárjáró |
| Icelandic: Efjutíta | Irish: Gobadán Gobleathan |
| Italian: Gambecchio frullino | Norwegian: Fjellmyrløper |
| Polish: Biegus plaskodzioby | Portuguese: Pilrito-falcinelo |
| Spanish: Correlimos falcinelo | Swedish: Myrsnäppa |
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| See Also: |
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