Using the world’s smallest known satellite transmitter, conservationists were able to track a spoon-billed sandpiper, thought to be the world’s rarest migratory shorebird.
the world’s rarest and most threatened migratory shorebird has been sighted for the very first time in the country. The spoon-billed sandpiper, with a global population estimated at around 490 ...
This year-round resident of South Pacific atolls has a suite of adaptations, including short bills and legs, rounded wings, nectar feeding, and extensive use of trees, making the Tuamotu Sandpiper a ...
Since 1993, the Wildlife Ecology Chair at Simon Fraser University has fostered a research network to examine the year-round activites of highly migratory shorebirds,emphasizing the Western Sandpiper .
"Greater protection of the horseshoe crab is needed to fully recover the red knot, as well as conserve other shorebird species, such as the ruddy turnstone and semipalmated sandpiper." Asia's tri ...
Male ruff sandpipers engaging in the act of mating typically fall into one of three groups, with variations in how aggressive they are and how showy ...
Even though the common sandpiper is a reasonable piping piper candidate, other people might argue that some of the other shorebird species (and there are quite a few to choose from) could instead ...
Bird lovers saw fewer numbers of their feathered friends and fewer varieties of them during the Ladner Christmas Bird Count, ...