Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus [Pontoppidan, 1763] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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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:
Norfolk, 1836
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
199
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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
(2005),
Angus & Dundee
(1974),
Clyde
(2000),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1983),
Fife
(1946),
Upper Forth
(1967),
Highland
(1996),
Lothian
(2006),
Moray & Nairn
(1990),
Northeast
(2004),
Outer Hebrides
(2002),
Orkney
(1999),
Shetland
(1999),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2007),
Durham
(1973),
Northumberland
(1999),
East Yorkshire
(2006),
North Yorkshire
(2002),
South Yorkshire
(2000),
West Yorkshire
(1996),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1999),
Cumbria
(2006),
Lancashire
(2006),
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
(2004),
Northamptonshire
(1984),
Nottinghamshire
(1961),
Staffordshire
(2004),
Warwickshire
(1985),
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(2006),
Essex
(1989),
Hertfordshire
(1946),
Lincolnshire
(2000),
Norfolk
(2007),
Suffolk
(1998),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1956),
Hampshire
(2006),
Kent
(2005),
East Sussex
(1988),
West Sussex
(1993),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(1980),
Devon
(2006),
Dorset
(1986),
Gloucestershire
(1991),
Somerset
(1973),
Wiltshire
(1977),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1984),
Caernarfonshire
(1999),
Flintshire
(1961),
Gwent
(1988),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Limicola falcinellus
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| 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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