Spoon-billed sandpiper
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Spoon-billed sandpiper?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species is highly threatened, and it is said that since the 1970s the breeding population has decreased significantly. By 2000, the estimated breeding population of the species was 350–500.
Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...
Spoon-billed sandpiper | |
---|---|
non-breeding | |
breeding | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Calidris |
Species: | C. pygmaea |
Binomial name | |
Calidris pygmaea | |
Synonyms | |
|
Close