Terek sandpiper – The Small Wader
A Unique smallish wader with noticeably upturned bill and a stumpy bright orange legs. A white belly with an overall gray feather, but in flight shows a conspicuous white trailing edge to wings. We are talking about a small migratory Palearctic wader species called Terek Sandpiper which is the only member of the genus Xenus.
They are small waders that were named after the Terek River (a major river that flows through Russia and Georgia into the Caspian Sea), where these birds were first seen.
Feeding Habitat
The Terek Sandpiper mostly seeks in the sheltered bays or in soft wet intertidal mudflats, harbors, or lagoons. The species has also been recorded on mudbanks, small islands, spits, and near mangroves and hardly in samphire.
Life Span
14 years 11 months was the oldest recorded Terek Sandpiper bird. This species is a semi-colonial breeder from northern Russia, Finland, and Siberia. The breeding season starts from May to August. They lay their eggs in nests that are close to water, typically lined with debris and grass. Females mainly undertake the Incubation which necessitates 20–25 days, with fledging taking place at a period of 15 days.
Some Global Alternate Names
- Albanian: Këmbëqirithi i përhimë
- African Countries: Terekruiter
- Armenian: Tereki Kttsar
- Azerbaijan: Morodunka
- Catalan: Siseta Cendrosa
- Czech: Vodouš malý, Vodouš šed
- Danish: Terekklire
- Dutch: Strandloper
- Finnish: Rantakurvi
- French: Bargette cendrée
- German: Terekwasserlaeufer
- Hungarian: Terekcankó
- Hungarian: Terekcankó
- Icelandic: Bjúgstelkur
- Indonesian: Trinil bedaran
- Irish: Gobadán Terek
- Italian: Piro piro del Terek
- Japanese: Sorihashi-shigi
- Latvian: Terekija
- Lithuanian: Terekij
- Maltese: Beggazzina tax-Xifa
- Norwegian: Tereksnipe
- Polish: Terekia szara
- Portuguese: maçarico-de-Terek
- Russian: Morodunka
- Serbian: Krivokljuni prudnik
- Slovak: Brodnk sivý
- Slovenian: sabljasti martinec
- Spanish: Anadarríos del Terek
- Swedish: Tereksnäppa
- Turkish: Terek Düdükçünü
- Welsh: Pibydd terek
