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[[Image:Rn stint breed DSC8885.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Breeding plumage<br />Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />[[Hong Kong]], [[China]], May 2009]]
 
;[[:Category:Calidris|Calidris]] ruficollis
 
;[[:Category:Calidris|Calidris]] ruficollis
[[Image:Red-necked_Stint.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Juvenile. Photo by alibenn <br/>Location:  Beidaihe, China ]]
 
[[Image:Red necked stint 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nonbreeding Adult. Photo by Peter Ericsson.]]
 
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Mottled brown upperparts and streaked cap. Underparts are white; upper breast is rust-brown and spotted. Face and throat are unstreaked rust-brown. Bill and legs are black. Sexes are similar.
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13-16 cm<br />
 
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'''Breeding'''
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*Russet head and upper breast
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*Rufous upperparts with black mottling
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*Grey [[Topography#Wings|wing coverts]]
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*Dark streaks on lower breast
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*White belly
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*Straight black bill<br />
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'''Winter'''
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[[Image:Red necked stint 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Nonbreeding Adult<br />Photo by {{user|Peter+Ericsson|Peter Ericsson}}<br />Samut Sakorn, [[Thailand]], November 2006]]
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*White head with black streaks
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*Grey upperparts mottle black
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*White underparts
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====Similar Species====
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Winter birds are very similar to [[Semipalmated Sandpiper]] and [[Little Stint]].
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Breeds in arctic northeast [[Siberia]]. It migrates through Siberia, [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Japan]], and southeast [[Asia]] to [[Australia]].
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Breeds in arctic northeast [[Siberia]] and [[Alaska]].
  
Vagrant to [[United States]], mostly the north east, the west coast, and [[Alaska]].
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It migrates through Siberia, [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Japan]], and southeast [[Asia]] to [[Australia]].
  
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Vagrant to [[United States]], mostly the north east, the west coast, and [[Alaska]] and the [[British Isles]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This species is monotypic.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Tundra, saline sand bars and tidal mudflats along coasts.
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[[Image:Red-necked_Stint.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|alibenn|alibenn}} <br />Beidaihe, [[China]],  September 2005]]
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Breeds on tundra. During migration and in the winter feeds on bare sand or dry mud areas,  tidal mudflats, lagoons, freshwater marshes, lakes and ricefields.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
 
It nests on the ground.
 
It nests on the ground.
 
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.
 
The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6th}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6th}}#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
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#What Bird
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#BF Member observations
 
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Revision as of 22:18, 27 August 2010

Breeding plumage
Photo by Neil
Hong Kong, China, May 2009
Calidris ruficollis

Identification

13-16 cm
Breeding

  • Russet head and upper breast
  • Rufous upperparts with black mottling
  • Grey wing coverts
  • Dark streaks on lower breast
  • White belly
  • Straight black bill

Winter

Nonbreeding Adult
Photo by Peter Ericsson
Samut Sakorn, Thailand, November 2006
  • White head with black streaks
  • Grey upperparts mottle black
  • White underparts

Similar Species

Winter birds are very similar to Semipalmated Sandpiper and Little Stint.

Distribution

Breeds in arctic northeast Siberia and Alaska.

It migrates through Siberia, Mongolia, China, Japan, and southeast Asia to Australia.

Vagrant to United States, mostly the north east, the west coast, and Alaska and the British Isles.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Juvenile
Photo by alibenn
Beidaihe, China, September 2005

Breeds on tundra. During migration and in the winter feeds on bare sand or dry mud areas, tidal mudflats, lagoons, freshwater marshes, lakes and ricefields.

Behaviour

Breeding

It nests on the ground.

Diet

The diet includes insects and other small invertebrates.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
  2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9
  3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
  4. What Bird
  5. BF Member observations

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