Sharp Tailed Sandpiper:
Rare sharp-tailed sandpiper was spotted in Chandu village, Gurgaon.
- The sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata ) is a small wader bird.
- It is a medium-sized sandpiper with distinct cap.
- Breeding adults are heavily marked with chevrons and spots on the underparts and have a rich chestnut cap and white eye-ring.
- Nonbreeding adults are duller grayish-brown with a drab brown cap.
- It is found in freshwater marshes and coastal mudflats, sometimes inland.
- It breeds in northern Siberia, in an area that extends from the Lena river delta on the eastern Arctic Ocean southeastward to the Kolyma region.
- It migrates south over East Asia to its main non-breeding grounds in Australia and New Zealand.
- It feeds on seeds, worms, molluscs, crustaceans, and insects after rainfall, and often forages in agricultural pastures and in the shallow-water edges of wetlands.
- Threats: Pollution, altered sediment flows, and rise in sea levels are major reasons for its population decline.
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
