Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Terek Sandpiper

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

Described by: Gueldenstaedt (1774)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Tringa terek, Tringa cinerea

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Jul 22, 2004 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 17, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Jul 22, 2004 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Jul 22, 2004 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Jul 22, 2004 © William Hull 
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Range

Ne. Europe to w. Siberia; Small isolated population in s. Finland.
Ne. Europe (nw. Russia and Ukraine) e. through n. Siberia to Anadyrland s. to c. Russia and Lake Baikal.
Migrant at Hortobaby National Park, Hungary.
Winters s. to s. Africa, s. Asia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia) and Tasmania.

Videos

Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park, Tokyo, Japan - Aug 5, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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