Numenius madagascariensis breeds in eastern
Russia, from the upper reaches of the Nizhnyaya Tunguska river east though the Verkhoyarsk mountains to Kamchatka, and south to Primorye and north-eastern
Mongolia (del Hoyo
et al. 1996). The Yellow Sea of
North Korea, South Korea and
China is a particularly important stopover site on migration. It has been recorded as a passage migrant in
Japan,
Brunei,
Bangladesh,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
Philippines,
Malaysia and
Singapore, with most birds wintering in
Australia, but also in China,
Indonesia,
Papua New Guinea, and
New Zealand (del Hoyo
et al. 1996). The global population has recently been estimated at 38,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2006), including 28,000 in Australia (Bamford
et al. 2008). The global population is declining, as indicated by reduced numbers at stopover points in South Korea and Japan, and a significant decline in the number of non-breeding individuals wintering in north-west Australia and south-eastern Australia (Amano 2006, Gosbell and Clemens 2006, Moores
et al. in litt. 2008, D. Rogers
et al. in litt. 2009, Wilson
et al. 2011).
Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012.
Numenius madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <
www.iucnredlist.org>
