original description
(of Tringa ferrugineus Pontoppidan, 1763) Pontoppidan, E. (1763). Den Danske atlas eller Konge-Riget Dannemark, med dets naturlige egenskaber, elementer, indbyggere, værter, dyr og andre affødninger, dets gamle tildragelser og nærværende omstændingheder i alle provintzer, stæder, kirker, slotte og herre-gaarde. Forestillet ved en udførlig lands-beskrivelse, saa og oplyst med dertil forfærdigede land-kort over enhver provintz, samt ziret med stædernes prospecter, grund-ridser, og andre merkværdige kaabber-stykker. Efter Søy-kongelig allernaadigst befalning. 1: 1-723., available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN391287532
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context source (HKRMS)
HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em> [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Dobson, A. F. (2002). A Birdwatching Guide to Bermuda. Arlequin Press, Chelmsford, Essex, 173 pp. [details]
basis of record
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]
additional source
Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details]
additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source
Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details]
additional source
Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source
Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Description Length: 18-20 cm. Plumage: grey above with paler edges to feathers; face and sides of chest mottled grey; below and superciliary stripe white; upper tail-coverts all white; white wing-stripe; breeding bird above dark mottled chestnut and buff; below deep reddish chestnut; around bill and crissum white; transitional bird mottled chestnut below. Immature dark above with paler edges to feathers; pale cinnamon wash on breast. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill longish and decurved near tip, black; feet and legs relatively long, greyish to olive brown. Habitat: sandy beaches, mudflats, coral shores; some inland pans and lakes. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
Dimensions Length: 8 1/2" (22 cm) [details]
Distribution North America; Oceania [details]
Reproduction Breeds in northern Siberia and winters from the British Isles and southern Eurasia south to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. [details]
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