Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region
showing areas
 
-Waders
Dowitchers
 CHARADRIIFORMES
          Scolopacidae
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Numenius arquata
Grasslands, marshes; mudflats and wet meadows in migration. 
From Iceland, British Isles and Scandinavia e across c Russia and nw,c Siberia to Transbaicalia, n Mongolia and Manchuria, s to w,s Europe, Crimea, Ukraine and sw Siberia in the Altai.
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Bartramia longicauda
Grassland, prairie, dry meadows, pastures, open woods. 
From nc Alaska, n Yukon, nw British Columbia, extreme sw Mackenzie, n Alberta and wc,s Saskatchewan e across s Canada to s New Brunswick and c Maine, s to e Washington, ne Oregon, Idaho, c Colorado, nw Oklahoma, nc Texas, and from c Missouri e across ec U.S. to c Virginia and Maryland.
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----Bartramia = after William Bartram (1739-1823)
                          US naturalist, collector and explorer
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Tringa erythropus
Marshy tundra, taiga edge; marshes, ponds, etc. on migration. 
From Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to the Chukotski Peninsula, s in c Siberia to limits of taiga.
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     -adult, summer
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                              Tringa Gr trungas = a waterbird mentioned by
                                Aristotele, not further identified
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Numenius arquata
Eurasian Curlew
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Common
has bred: Spain,Yugoslavia
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Bartramia longicauda
Upland Plover
Vagrant
Europe, Azores
* no map
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Tringa erythropus
Spotted Redshank
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Locally common
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Tringa totanus
Marshes, wet meadows, moors, rivers, lakes, ponds; mudflats and estuaries in migration. 
From Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles and n Scandinavia e across c Russia and c,s Siberia to Transbaicalia, Amurland, Ussuriland and Anadyrland, s to s Europe, Tunisia, Turkey, Transcaucasus, Turkestan, n India in n Kashmir, Tibet, w,n China and Inner Mongolia and Mongolia.
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             -totanus, italian name totano = mangiatore di totani
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Tringa stagnatilis
Marshes, wet meadows; mudflats in migration. 
From se Europe w to Bulgaria and Romania, e across sc Russia s to Crimea and Ukraine and n Kazakhstan to s Siberia and Manchuria.
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-stagnatilis = lungo gli stagni
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Tringa nebularia
Marshes, bogs, wet meadows, moors; ponds, lakes and mudflats in migration. 
From Scotland and Scandinavia e across c Russia and c Siberia to Kamchatka, s to Lake Baikal and n Amurland.
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         - nebula (Linnaeus) = nuvola, annebbiata
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Tringa totaus
Common Redshank
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Common, abundant
has bred: Portugal, Switzerland
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Tringa stagnatilis
Marsh Sandpiper
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Uncommon
has bred: Finland, Hungary, 
Austria, Latvia, Belorussia,
w.Ucraina, Moldavia
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Tringa nebularia
Common Greenshank
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Locally common
has bred: Ireland,
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Index Families
Scolopacidae 56 sp
      Dowitchers 
37-38-39-40-41-42
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2001 by Alberto Masi