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- Title
Geographical Differences in Nesting Habitats of Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus).
- Authors
Meissner, Włodzimierz; Golovatin, Mikhail; Paskhalny, Sergey
- Abstract
Data concerning 303 nests of the Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) from 58 breeding sites in different parts of Russia and Ukraine were analyzed. Among them 196 were found in the western and 107 in the eastern part of this species' breeding range. In the eastern part, 61% of nests were placed in forests or within bushes, while in the western part only 8% of them had such location. Moreover, in the eastern part the species seems to avoid natural open habitats in spite of their availability, whereas in the western part of the breeding area nests were built mostly in open habitats, like meadows, pastures, or sandbanks dominat-ed by sparse and low vegetation. Therefore, western and eastern populations of the Terek Sandpiper differ in nesting habitat selection. This is an exception among related species of the family Scolopacidae, for which different nesting habitats were reported only occasionally.
- Subjects
BIRD nests; BIRD ecology; BIRD breeding; GEOGRAPHICAL distribution of birds; HABITATS; TEREK sandpiper
- Publication
Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2013, Vol 125, Issue 4, p811
- ISSN
1559-4491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1676/12-182.1