Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Overview
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.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Breeds low Arctic tundra and taiga from Finland and Ukraine eastward to Chukotskiy Peninsula and southward to western Amurland (eastern Russia); winters mainly coastal mudflats and estuaries from eastern Africa eastward to Taiwan and northern Australia.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China
- Comoros
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guam
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Norfolk Island
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Poland
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Terek sandpiper
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
