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12.4.8. Spoon Billed Sandpiper


It requires highly specialized breeding habitat, a constraint that has always kept its population scarce. India is home to some of the last existing wintering grounds of this species.

Habitat: Coastal areas with sparse vegetation. No breeding records further inland than 7 km from the seashore.

Distribution: Has been recorded in West Bengal, Orissa, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.


Threats: Habitat degradation and land reclamation. Human disturbance also leads to high incidence of nest desertion.