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Red-necked Stint

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Red-necked Stint

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Also known as Calidris ruficollis

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Red-necked Stint, scientifically named *Calidris ruficollis*, is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Pallas in 1776 and holds an accepted status. Its common names include pibydd gyddfgoch, Rotkehl-Strandläufer, and Correlimos cuellirrojo.

This marine-habitat bird is oviparous, with a litter size of 4 and an egg incubation period of 21 days. It has a mass of 26 and a wingspan of 31. The longest observed lifespan is 12 years. The species is found in the Nanling Mountains and Africa. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Near Threatened as of 2025.

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Species

Near Threatened

red-necked stint

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyScolopacidae
Habitatmarine

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The red-necked stint or rufous-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) is a small migratory wader that breeds in northeast Russia and spends the non-breeding season along the coastlines of Southeast Asia and Australasia.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red-necked Stint” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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