Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus(Güldenstädt, JA, 1775)
English (US) Terek Sandpiper
The Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) 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 low Arctic tundra and taiga from Finland and Ukraine eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and southward to western Amurland (eastern Russia); winters mainly coastal mudflats and estuaries from eastern Africa eastward to Taiwan and northern AustraliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Xenus cinereus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Terek Sandpiper
- Described by
- (Güldenstädt, JA, 1775)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax cinerea
- Described by
- (Güldenstädt, JA, 1775)
- Type locality
- Shores of the Caspian Sea about the mouth of the Terek River.
- Original description
- Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 19 p.473 pl.19
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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