original description
(of Tringa minuta Leisler, 1812) Leisler, J. P. A. (1812). Nachträge zu Bechsteins Naturgeschichte Deutschlands. 1: 1-100., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=iZg5AAAAcAAJ&dq=Leisler%251812&lr=&hl=pt-PT&source=gbs_navlinks_s
page(s): 74 (101 of pdf) [details]
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
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
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]
Unreviewed
Description Length: 13-15 cm. Plumage: above grey with paler grey edges to feathers; below white with speckling on breast which may encircle entire breast; paler V may be present at edge of mantle; breeding plumage above dark brown edged rufous and tipped white; foreneck and upper breast spotted brown and washed rufous. Immature like adult but with tawny- or buff-edged dorsal feathers. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill short and fine, black; feet and legs black. Habitat: lagoons, saltpans, mudflats; inland waters. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
Remark Forms a super species with C. ruficollis [details]
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