Fact Card
COMMON NAME: TEREK SANDPIPER
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Xenus cinereus
TYPE: Vagrant
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Charadriiformes / FAMILY – Scolopacidae / GENUS – Xenus
Video: Terek Sandpiper
Audio: Terek Sandpiper
IUCN Red List Status
References
- [Alok Tewari]. (2016, January 20). Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Terek Sandpiper. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from Link
- [Jan Studecký]. (2021, May 9). Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
- Terek sandpiper. (2022, December 16). In Wikipedia. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link
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