Birds of the Sundarban

Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Binomial Name: Calidris pygmeus
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is A uncommon migratory bird of Bangladesh. It is estimatedthat there are only about 100 pairs of this critically-endangered species worldwide.
Ornithologists fear that the bird will soon become extinct. Bangladesh is a critical winterhabitat for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper. In winter, they roam the beaches of the Barisal,
Chittagong, and Khulna divisions and usually have mixed flocks of other small aquatic birds.
They collect food by walking or running fast on wet sand and mud during low tide. Duringthe July-August breeding season, they lay their eggs near the coast of the Chukotka
Peninsula and Kamchatka in eastern Siberia, making nests of grass, leaves, and moss.

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critically-endangered
uncommon migratory