#0846 · 🐦 birds

Terek Sandpiper

🇳🇱 Terekruiter ·Xenus cinereus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Phuwarin Suchartbunmak · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Leo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Сичинава Екатерина · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Noah Fenwick · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © L Pittman · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Tamsin Carlisle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © Oscar Thomas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Terek sandpiper ( Xenus cinereus ) is a small migratory Palearctic wader species and is the only member of the genus Xenus . It is named after the Terek River which flows into the west of the Caspian Sea, as it was first observed around this area. The genus name Xenus is from Ancient Greek xenos stranger, and cinereus is Latin for "ash-grey" from cinis, cineris , "ashes".

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,051iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).