Spoon-billed sandpiper  (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)

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Glossary

Incubate: To keep eggs warm so that development is possible.
Invertebrate: Animals with no backbone.
Monogamous: Having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
Territorial: An animal, a pair of animals or a colony that occupies and defends an area.
Territories: Areas occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (October, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (October, 2009)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3060&m=0
  3. Global Register of Migratory Species (May, 2008)
    http://www.groms.de
  4. Birds Korea (May, 2008)
    http://www.birdskorea.org/Birds/Miscellaneous/BK-BM-Spoon-billed-Sandpiper-Population-Crash.shtml
  5. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.