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Recordings
Scientific Name
Calidris ferruginea
Arabic Name
كروان الماء الأحمر
Kuwaiti name
إرهيز
Family
Width
40.0 cm
Length
19.0 cm
Similar species
Information
Common passage migrant and summer visitor. Up to 2000 recorded in late April 2007. An elegant wader of the open mudflats, often foraging in deeper water than other Calidris sandpipers.
Where in Kuwait
Occurs on coastal brackish lagoons, tidal mud and sand-flats and also inland on the muddy edges of marshes, pools (both saline and freshwater) and irrigated farmland. This elegant bird is very social, forming large groups with other waders such as the Dunlin
In the world
It has an extremely large range with an increasing population and is a full migrant, moving long distances by well-travelled routes. During the autumn migration adults precede the juveniles; with males leaving 3-4 weeks before the females and females leaving before the juveniles. Males do not take part in parental care, instead females group together to build nests, incubate and raise their broods.
Local threats
Habitat loss and degradation, oil pollution