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The Spoon-billed Sandpiper – on the Brink of Extinction? by Christopher Zockler
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeds only in remote Arctic regions of northeastern Russia, and winters mainly in Southeast Asia. Its population has declined precipitously over the past 30 years and it is now regarded as critically endangered. Threats on its breeding grounds may come from heavy nest predation and egg collectors. Habitat change following climate change may have impacted areas in the south. But the major threats are considered to be on the wintering grounds. Hunting and trapping birds at a large scale affects Spoon-billed Sandpiper and other species. Through its Preventing Extinction Programme, Birdlife International is supporting an array of conservation efforts to the save this species. Christoph Zockler has been studying Spoon-billed Sandpiper in collaboration with Russian colleagues for more than 10 years and will bring us up to date with news of the conservation efforts and latest surveys of Spoon-billed Sandpiper.
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