Red-necked Stint

Calidris ruficollis (Pallas, 1776)

Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis, is a migratory wader that breeds across the low Arctic to subarctic tundra of north and north-east Siberia, from the Taymyr Peninsula to the Chukotskiy Peninsula and northern Kamchatka. Outside the breeding season it is found from coastal north-east India and Sri Lanka through South-East Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago to New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand, the Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands. It is one of the smallest waders, with a fine dark bill and dark legs, and the breeding adult shows an orange breast with dark markings below and a white V on the back.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic: coastal low Arctic to subarctic tundra of nc, ne Siberia: Taymyr Pen. (nc Siberia) e to Chukotskiy Pen. and s to n Kamchatka Pen. (ne Russia)

Nonbreeding range

Oriental Region, Australasia: coastal ne India and Sri Lanka through se Asia, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia from Bismarck Arch. to New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines to Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan)