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Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775) 
AphiaID: 212602

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Charadriiformes (Order) > Scolopacidae (Family) > Xenus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Xenus Kaup, 1829
Synonymised
taxa
  Tringa cinerea (Güldenstâdt, 1775)
Sources  basis of record: Urban, E.K., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London. [details]

from synonym: 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Bulgarian Пепеляв брегобегач  [details]
Danish terekklire  [details]
Dutch terekruiter  [details]
English terek sandpiper  [details]
English Terek sandpiper (from synonym)  [details]
French chevalier bargette (from synonym)  [details]
German Terekwasserläufer  [details]
Hebrew ביצנית אפורה  [details]
Hebrew ביצנית אפורה )קסנוס( *  [details]
Italian piro piro di Terek  [details]
Lithuanian terekija  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ρωσότρυγγας  [details]
Norwegian tereksnipe  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål tereksnipe  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk tereksnipe  [details]
Polish terekia  [details]
Russian мородунка  [details]
Slovenian sabljasti martinec  [details]
Spanish andarríos del Terek  [details]
Swedish tereksnäppa  [details]
Turkish saribacak  [details]
Turkish sarıbacak  [details]
Ukrainian мородунка  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Djibouti [details]
Eritrea [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Tanzania [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Description: Length: 22-25 cm. Plumage: above grey-brown, bend of wing blackish; below white with faint grey tinging and streaking to sides of neck and breast; white trailing edge to spread wing; tail grey with whitish sides; breeding bird darker brown broadly streaked on back and heavier streaking below. Immature browner than adult with darker streaking; rufous edges to upper wing and tail coverts. Bare parts: iris brown; long recurved bill black with dull red to yellow-orange at base; feet and short legs orange-yellow. Habitat: coastal creeks, estuaries, mangrove swamps; open mudflats, coral reefs; tidal mudflats. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]
Image 
Xenus cinereus
Xenus cinereus
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2013-04-27 14:41:12
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212602
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z  changed  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Xenus cinereus (Güldenstädt, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212602 on 2013-05-25
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