Long-toed Stint

Common Name	Long-toed StintBirdlife International
Species name	Calidris subminutaBirdlife International
Family	Scolopacidae
Genus
Local Name	Country Appearance Local name Brunei Darussalam     Cambodia     China     Indonesia     Japan Yes ヒバリシギ Lao PDR     Malaysia     Mongolia     Myanmar     Philippines     Republic of Korea     Singapore     Thailand     Vietnam

 

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Identification

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Range Description

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Ecology

Ecology (Behaviour)

This species is strongly migratory and travels largely overland on a broad front between its breeding and wintering grounds1. It breeds from early-June to July in solitary pairs, usually well-dispersed but sometimes very close together within wetlands1. The departure from the breeding grounds starts in July and peaks between August and September, with the return northward migration peaking between April and May1. The species is only mildly gregarious outside of the breeding season and usually forages singly or in small groups1 of 3-7 individuals although it rarely also occurs in flocks of between 15 and 50 individuals2.

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Habitat

<Breeding> The species breeds near pools2 on open, grassy bogs or swamps1, 2, 3 or on mountain tundra3 in boreal forest (taiga)1, 2, showing a preference for areas with mosses, sedges and dwarf willows Salix spp. for nesting2.
<Non-breeding> Outside of the breeding season the species occupies shallow inland wetlands1, 2, 4 and although it shows no preference over fresh, brackish or saline waters it does require habitats with soft, muddy shorelines and short grass2, 4, sedges, floating aquatic vegetation, reeds and rushes4. Suitable habitats include the edges of permanent and temporary lakes2, 4, ponds, reservoirs4, lagoons, swamps2, 4 and streams, river flood-plains4, marshes2, rice-fields1, sewage ponds, saltpans1, 4 and saltmarshes1. The species also less frequently occurs around tidal estuaries4 on intertidal mudflats1, 2.

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Diet

Its diet includes insects (e.g. carabid beetles), small gastropod molluscs, crustaceans1 amphibians2 and seeds1.

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Breeding Site

The nest is a shallow depression1 on a hummock of sedge3 well-hidden1 in areas with mosses, sedges and dwarf willows Salix spp. near pools2 on open, grassy bogs or swamps1, 2, 3 or on mountain tundra3 in boreal forest (taiga)1, 2. The species shows a high degree of nest site fidelity1.

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References

1. del Hoyo et al. (1996). 2. Johnsgard (1981). 3. Flint et al. (1984). 4. Higgins and Davies (1996).

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Status

International Status

IUCN Red List Category

LC

Justification

This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend is not known, but the population is not believed to be decreasing sufficiently rapidly to approach the thresholds under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size may be moderately small to large, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
<Trend justification> The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the extent of threats to the species.

 

National Status

Country	Category	Reference
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

 

Management

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Current Conservation

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Current Conservation

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Legal Protection

Country	Status	Reference
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Lao PDR
Malaysia	Protected Wild Birds Part I: Game Birds(as Calidris minutillus)	Law of Malaysia Act 76, Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 (Amend. 2006)
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam

 

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Range

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Migration Route

 

Asian Waterbird Census

Descriptions

The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) was initiated in 1987 and runs in parallel with other waterbird censuses carried out in Africa, Europe, Central and West Asia and Latin America under the umbrella of the International Waterbird Census (IWC), which is organised by Wetlands International.

The AWC takes place annually, during the second and third weeks of January, and is carried out by volunteers interested in collecting information on waterbirds and wetlands as a basis for contributing to their conservation.

Reference: Li, Z.W.D., Bloem, A., Delany S., Martakis G. and Quintero J. O. 2009. Status of Waterbirds in Asia - Results of the Asian Waterbird Census: 1987-2007. Wetlands International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Census Data

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual	355	298	340	240	157	70		147	36	29	19	23	63				16
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)	2	3	3	2	4	3		3	2	2	1	1	1				1
The total number of count sites	2	3	3	2	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	9
CAMBODIA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual																			72	81
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)																			1	1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	0	0	12	12	11	5	1	6	9	6	6
CHINA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)
The total number of count sites	0	1	34	12	50	60	67	29	6	14	6	15	21	20	14	10	22	45	80	81	59	72
INDONESIA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual														6						57
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)														1						4
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	1	19	8	17	17	15	19	16	0	0	47	12	10	40	34	14	16	15	23
JAPAN	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual										27	37				156	285	173	58	193	23	66	73
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)										1	2				11	13	8	8	6	3	5	3
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	53	39	52	47	20	50	40	47	37	41	37	107	112	103	109	97	159	142	137
LAO PDR	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	2	4	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
MALAYSIA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual				159	163	169	75				5			5	35			74	275	24	209	62
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)				3	7	7	4				1			1	1			6	3	3	4	2
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	59	68	93	85	17	10	7	10	0	0	20	25	25	25	43	43	82	82	40
MYANMAR	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual																		2	12		394
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)																		1	1		3
The total number of count sites	0	5	3	12	17	15	21	20	13	12	2	4	2	0	7	32	47	73	24	31	32	19
PHILIPPINES	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual														3			1		8	20	13
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)														1			1		1	1	1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	0	19	21	34	39	46	47	39	28	29	32	43	38	50	47	56	54	65	108
SINGAPORE	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual					17		116	86	28		10		2	2		40	57
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)					1		2	2	2		1		1	1		1	1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	0	4	12	17	15	13	14	10	10	6	11	10	10	8	9	9	8	8	7
REPUBLIC OF KOREA	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)
The total number of count sites	0	0	10	12	22	20	20	15	10	22	25	22	14	68	99	112	118	116	117	123	127	127
THAILAND	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual	161	320		98	71	63	155	252	34		20	391		9	648			132	182	76	452	242
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)	4	4		4	4	3	5	6	3		1	1		1	1			3	4	12	14	9
The total number of count sites	10	8	3	20	26	12	23	16	17	5	9	3	1	1	7	3	9	26	20	82	99	33
VIETNAM	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
The number of observed individual											12
The number of observed sites(not all count sites)											1
The total number of count sites	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	0	1	1	0	1	8	2	2	16	4	4	9	6	11

 

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