Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus [Bonaparte, 1826] |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
MI, STISA
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EURING No: 5150 | |
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Number in Britain:
0 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
20 cm
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Wingspan: 45 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 58 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kalidris=grey waterside bird described by Aristotle and Gr.: himas=a strap + pous=a foot |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: arctic North America WINTERS: Central & South America |
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Habitat:
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Tundra, on migration mudflats, flooded fields |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates and seeds of aquatic plants |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
East Yorkshire, 1954
(Chislett, R. 1955. British Birds 48:18-20)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
22
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
July to September
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Highland
(1970),
Shetland
(2002),
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1989),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1984),
Lancashire
(1967),
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Cambridgeshire
(1963),
Essex
(1973),
Lincolnshire
(1965),
Norfolk
(2005),
Suffolk
(1997),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2002),
Kent
(1990),
West Sussex
(1972),
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South-west England:
Dorset
(2006),
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Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(2006),
Denbighshire
(2006),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Micropalama himantopus
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Klireryle | Dutch: Steltstrandloper |
| Finnish: Pitkäkoipisirri | French: Bécasseau échasse |
| German: Bindenstrandläufer | Hungarian: Szalagos cankó |
| Icelandic: Vaðfæla | Irish: Gobadán Scodalach |
| Italian: Piovanello zampelunghe | Norwegian: Styltesnipe |
| Polish: Biegus brodzcowaty | Portuguese: Maçarico-de-perna-longa |
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Spanish:
Correlimos zancolín
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Swedish: Styltsnäppa |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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