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Recordings
Scientific Name
Tringa stagnatilis
Arabic Name
طيطوى البطاح
Kuwaiti name
إرهيز
Family
Width
57.0 cm
Length
23.0 cm
Similar species
Information
Common passage migrant, uncommon winter visitor and scarce summer visitor. A very delicate long-legged sandpiper, in some ways resembling a miniature Greenshank. Usually found in fresh and brackish muddy waters. Up to 63 recorded in late March 2000 at Sulaibikhat Bay.
Where in Kuwait
This elegant species is commonly found in generally small numbers in coastal areas as well as inland brackish pools predominantly in the Jahra area.
In the world
It has an extremely large range but a decreasing population and is a full migrant, travelling overland on a broad front between its breeding grounds in central Asia (Russia and Siberia), and its wintering grounds in sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia, Indonesia and Australia.
Local threats
Habitat loss, coastal development and oil pollution.