Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis(Pallas, PS, 1776)
English (US) Red-necked Stint
The Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds coastal tundra of Taymyr Peninsula eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and northern Kamchatka Peninsula (north-central to north-eastern Siberia); breeds coastal northeastern India and Sri Lanka eastward to Philippines, Australasia, and MelanesiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calidris ruficollis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Red-necked Stint
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trynga ruficollis
- Described by
- (Pallas, PS, 1776)
- Type locality
- 'Circa lacus salsos Dauriae campestris' = Kulussutai, southern Transbaikalia, fide Ridgway, antea, p. 292.
- Original description
- Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs 3 p.700
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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