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Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775)
Terek Sandpiper
Family: Scolopacidae
Introduction to the Birds

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Introduction


A single breeding-plumaged adult of this extraordinary Asian sandpiper was well observed and photographed on southern Vancouver Island in the late 1980s. Very few additional records exist for North America outside of Alaska.

1.(1) adult; July 21-August 6, 1987; Goodridge Peninsula, Sooke

Note Authors: Rick Toochin and Jamie Fenneman

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
NativeSNAAccidentalNot Listed



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