Subspecies in India
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
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This species is uncommon. It inhabits coastal areas of the tundra regions. It is migratory, breeding in Arctic coasts, and wintering in Algeria, Barbados, Belgium, Israel, India, Cambodia, and Turkmenistan. It forages mainly insects and worms during breeding season, molluscs and crustaceans on the wintering grounds (BirdLife International 2017).
Conservation Status:
This species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/)
According to the IUCN Red List assessment, the population of this species is declining and its current population size is unknown. The threats to its persistence come from habitat disturbance due to land reclamation, pollution, and hunting (BirdLife International 2017).
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
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| Goa | |||||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| Kerala | |||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
BirdLife International 2017. Calidris ferruginea (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22693431A110631069. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22693431A110631069.en .Accessed on 15 February 2020.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1763) – Curlew Sandpiper. In Satose, V., A. Bayani, V. Ramachandran, P. Roy, and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.17. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://birdsofindia.org/calidris-ferruginea, accessed 2025/04/23.