Monday, 14 November 2016

Curlew Sandpiper

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
弯嘴滨鹬 (wān-zuǐ bīn-yù)

    Malay : Kedidi Paruh Lengkuk
    Japanese : サルハマシギ (saru hama-shigi)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 猿浜鷸 / 猿浜鴫

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 3,000,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 132,000,000km²
    Migratory Status : Full Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No


    Size : 21 cm; ca 57 g; Wingspan 38–46 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Monotypic. (Pontoppidan, 1763, Christiansø, off Bornholm, Denmark)
    – Breeds drier tundra from Yamal Peninsula to northwestern Chukotskiy Peninsula (northwestern to northeastern Siberia), including New Siberian Islands; Winters southern Europe and Africa eastward through southern Asia to Taiwan and Philippines and southward to Melanesia; prone to extreme vagrancy.

Distribution Map

Date : 23 September 2017
Location : Pantai Remis Mudflat, Jeram, Daerah Kuala Selangor, Selangor

Date : 13 November 2016
Location : Bagan Belat Mudflat, Daerah Seberang Perak Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 13 November 2016
Location : Bagan Belat Mudflat, Daerah Seberang Perak Utara, Pulau Pinang

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