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| Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus [Güldenstädt, 1774] | |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
TR , TERSA
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EURING No: 5550 | |
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Number in Britain:
1 record/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:
23 cm
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Wingspan: 58 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 75 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: xenos=stranger and L.: cinereus=ash-coloured (from cinis=ashes) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Finland, n Asia, WINTERS: s Asia, Africa & Australia |
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Habitat:
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Marshes, ponds & lakes, on migration estuaries |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates, especially aquatic insects, also seeds (on breeding grounds) |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
East Sussex, 1951
(Betts, A.H. & Benson, R.G. 1952, British Birds 45:36-37)
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
60
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
May to July
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Clyde
(1998),
Highland
(1977),
Moray & Nairn
(1998),
Northeast
(1997),
Orkney
(1987),
Shetland
(1995),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1971),
Northumberland
(2003),
East Yorkshire
(2002),
West Yorkshire
(1989),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1999),
Cumbria
(2002),
Lancashire
(2000),
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English Midlands:
No Records
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Eastern England:
Essex
(2002),
Norfolk
(2001),
Suffolk
(1999),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
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Kent
(1999),
West Sussex
(1969),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Devon
(1996),
Dorset
(1998),
Somerset
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Isles of Scilly
(1999),
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Wales:
Gwynedd
(1999),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Terekklire | Dutch: Terekruiter |
| Finnish: Rantakurvi | French: Bargette de Térek |
| German: Terekwasserläufer | Hungarian: Terekcankó |
| Icelandic: Bjúgstelkur | Irish: Gobadán Terek |
| Italian: Piro piro Terek | Norwegian: Tereksnipe |
| Polish: Terekia | Portuguese: Maçarico-sovela |
| Spanish: Andarríos de Terek | Swedish: Tereksnäppa |
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