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Andrew Bennett

High-arctic wader rarely found away from the coast, and one of the longest-distance migratory waders. It breeds along high-arctic coasts of the Nearctic and Palearctic regions, and throughout Scandinavia and winters along the coasts of all continents, except extreme South America and Antarctica. Two known subspecies, but only nominate present in Europe and Africa.

Season of assessment

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Population trendStable
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)
57200-67300,61400
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries