Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Scolopacidae > Eurynorhynchus > Eurynorhynchus pygmeusEurynorhynchus pygmeus (Spoon-billed Sandpiper; Spoonbill Sandpiper)Synonyms: Calidris pygmea (homotypic); Platalea pygmea (homotypic) The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a small wader which breeds in north-eastern Russia and winters in Southeast Asia. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 19.7298 EDGE Score: 5.80416 |
Adult Weight [1] | 32 grams | Birth Weight [2] | 8 grams | Female Weight [1] | 34 grams | Male Weight [1] | 30 grams | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 13.3 % |  | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 80 % | Diet - Seeds [3] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [3] | 50 % | Forages - Water Surface [3] | 50 % |  | Clutch Size [4] | 4 | Clutches / Year [4] | 1 | Incubation [4] | 21 days | Maximum Longevity [4] | 16 years | Migration [5] | Intracontinental | Top 100 Endangered [6] | Yes | Wing Span [4] | 14 inches (.35 m) |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Amur river mouth |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i |
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Aniva bay |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Ayeyarwaddy Delta |
Myanmar |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Ba Tri |
Vietnam |
A1, A4i |
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Chihben Wetlands |
Taiwan |
A1 |
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Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve |
China (mainland) |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Daedong Bay |
North Korea |
A1, A4i |
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Dipor Beel Bird Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A4iii |
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Dongjin estuary |
South Korea |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Dongting Hu wetlands |
China (mainland) |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta |
Bangladesh |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Inner Deep Bay and Shenzhen River catchment area |
Hong Kong |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Inner Gulf of Thailand |
Thailand |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Kangryong field |
North Korea |
A1 |
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Kievka and Chernaya river basins |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Kunashir island |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kuril islands (between Urup and Paramushir) |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Lower Anadyr lowlands |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lower Tumen river |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Mangyeong estuary |
South Korea |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Min Jiang Estuary |
China (mainland) |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Nakdong-gang estuary |
South Korea |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Nalabana Bird Sanctuary (Chilika Lake) |
India |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Namyang Bay |
South Korea |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Nevskoye lake |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Nghia Hung |
Vietnam |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Nikolaya bay |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4iii |
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North-central Selangor coast |
Malaysia |
A1, A4i |
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North-East Conservation Area |
Singapore |
A1, A3, A4i |
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North-east Sakhalin lagoons |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i |
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Patenga Beach |
Bangladesh |
A1, A4i |
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Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary |
India |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Schast'ya bay |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Shantar islands |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (National Park) |
India |
A1 |
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Sunderbans (East, South, West Wildlife Sanctuaries) |
Bangladesh |
A1, A4iii |
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Thai Thuy |
Vietnam |
A1, A4i |
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Tidal flat area of southern Ganghwa-do island |
South Korea |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Tyk and Viakhtu bays |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4i |
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Ul'banskiy bay |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A4iii |
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Vankarem lowlands and Kolyuchin bay |
Russia (Asian) |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Xuan Thuy |
Vietnam |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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