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Recordings
Scientific Name
Limicola falcinellus
Arabic Name
الطيطوى عريضة المنقار
Kuwaiti name
إرهيز
Family
Width
35.0 cm
Length
17.0 cm
Information
Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant. Up to 500 recorded in late April 2005. A globally rather scarce and elusive sandpiper. In Kuwait it frequents coastal areas and inland pools.
Where in Kuwait
It shows a preference for muddy areas on the shores of pools, but it is also found on shallow freshwater, brackish and saline (sometimes hyper-saline) pools and primarily in the Jahra Bay area
In the world
It has an extremely large range with a decreasing population and is a full migrant, and migrates on a broad front by making short flights between a series of stop-over sites. The species migrates singly or in small groups, although during the spring migration flocks of up to several hundred can occur.
Local threats
Habitat loss and degradation as well as oil pollution