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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Aves > Order: Charadriiformes > Family: Scolopacidae > Genus: Xenus > Species: Xenus cinereus

Terek Sandpiper - Xenus cinereus Güldenstädt, 1775

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
EU Population status	Threatened
Protected by	EU Birds Directive and 7 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	37 are designated for this species
Breeding habitats	rivers and lakes urban
Natura 2000 species code	A167

Distribution

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Threat and EU population status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

Critically Endangered

EU population status

The status of the population at the EU level was evaluated at the species level; this was based on the reports delivered by Member States under Article 12 of the Birds Directive (see fact sheet below). The EU status assessment can cover several subspecies/subspecific population units. For more information, please consult the species fact sheet and link below.

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

Sources:

Population status categories for bird species under the Birds Directive

Secure

Near Threatened, declining or depleted

Threatened (i.e. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, regionally extinct)

Unknown or not evaluated

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000400	Spain	Arrozales de Palazuelo y Guadalperales	Map
FI0700001	Finland	Sysmäjärvi	Map
FI0700003	Finland	Päätyeenlahti	Map
FI0800132	Finland	Luodon saaristo	Map
FR2112001	France	Herbages et cultures des vallées de la Voire, de l'Héronne et de la Laines	Map
FR3110039	France	Platier d'Oye	Map
FR9310019	France	Camargue	Map
FR9312008	France	Salins d'Hyères et des Pesquiers	Map
GR1110006	Greece	DELTA EVROU	Map
GR1130010	Greece	LIMNES VISTONIS, ISMARIS - LIMNOTHALASSES PORTO LAGOS, ALYKI PTELEA, XIROLIMNI, KARATZA	Map
GR1150001	Greece	DELTA NESTOU KAI LIMNOTHALASSES KERAMOTIS KAI NISOS THASOPOULA	Map
GR1220005	Greece	LIMNOTHALASSA ANGELOCHORIOU	Map
GR1260008	Greece	TECHNITI LIMNI KERKINIS - OROS KROUSIA	Map
GR2230003	Greece	ALYKI LEFKIMΜIS (KERKYRA)	Map
GR4110007	Greece	LESVOS PARAKTIOI YGROTOPOI KAI KOLPOS KALLONIS	Map
GR4120007	Greece	SAMOS: ALΥKΙ PSILIS AMMOU	Map
IT3320037	Italy	Laguna di Marano e Grado	Map
IT3330005	Italy	Foce dell'Isonzo - Isola della Cona	Map
IT3330006	Italy	Valle Cavanata e Banco Mula di Muggia	Map
IT5170002	Italy	Selva Pisana	Map
IT6040015	Italy	Parco Nazionale del Circeo	Map
ITA070001	Italy	Foce del Fiume Simeto e Lago Gornalunga	Map
ITA090002	Italy	Vendicari	Map
ITA090006	Italy	Saline di Siracusa e Fiume Ciane	Map
ITA090013	Italy	Saline di Priolo	Map
PLB040003	Poland	Dolina Dolnej Wisły	Map
PLB220005	Poland	Zatoka Pucka	Map
BG0000270	Bulgaria	Atanasovsko ezero	Map
BG0002040	Bulgaria	Strandzha	Map
FI0700025	Finland	Värtsilän laakso (SPA)	Map
BG0000152	Bulgaria	Pomoriysko ezero	Map
ROSPA0031	Romania	Delta Dunării și Complexul Razim - Sinoie	Map
BG0002050	Bulgaria	Durankulashko ezero	Map
BG0000156	Bulgaria	Shablenski ezeren kompleks	Map
BG0000271	Bulgaria	Mandra - Poda	Map
PLB160004	Poland	Zbiornik Turawa	Map
GR1420015	Greece	DELTA PINEIOU	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species (Tringa cinerea)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (Bonn Convention)	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement.	Synonym for this species is listed in Appendix II of the Bonn Convention (CMS). See there for more details.	http://www.cms.int/
	Annex II: migratory species which have an unfavourable conservation status and which require international agreements for their conservation and management, as well as those which have a conservation status which would significantly benefit from the international co-operation that could be achieved by an international agreement. (Migratory species of Scolopacidae)
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	(Tringa cinerea)		http://www.cms.int/species/aewa/aew_bkrd.htm http://www.unep-aewa.org/about/index.htm
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 30 November 2009, on the conservation of wild birds (EU Birds Directive)	Annex I: Species that shall be the subject of special conservation measures concerning their habitat in order to ensure their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution. Member States shall classify territories as special protection areas for the conservation of these species. (Tringa cinerea)		http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011) (Tringa cinereus)		https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds. Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals. (AEWA)	Annex II: Waterbird species to which the Agreement applies		http://www.migratoryspecies....ent/about-cms-family http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/legalinstrument/aewa
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)	Threatened and/or declining species in the Baltic Sea		http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/species-and-habitats

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Andarríos de Terek	Spanish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Andarríos del Terek	Spanish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Bargette de Térek	French	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Chevalier bargette	French	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Maçarico-sovela	Portuguese	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Piro-piro Terek	Italian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Rantakurvi	Finnish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Terek Sandpiper	English	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Terekcankó	Hungarian	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Terekia	Polish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Terekija, peleka tilbite	Latvian	Latvian NRC
Terekklire	Danish	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Terekruiter	Dutch	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Tereksnäppa	Swedish	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Terekwasserläufer	German	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.
Vodouš malý	Czech	Hagemeijer, W.J.M. & Blair, M.J.

Synonym	Author
Terekia cinerea	Mathews, 1917
Tringa cinerea	Gülldenstädt, 1775
Tringa terek	Latham, 1787
Migratory species of Scolopacidae
Tringa cinereus

Other resources

EBCC Atlas of breeding birds	European Bird Census Council's Atlas of Breeding Birds
EURing code:05550	European bird-ringing
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Population distribution from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2

These publications present a thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern.

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Country	Min / Max (Units)	Period	Status	Quality	Source	Published
Belarus	100/150 (pairs)	1997-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Finland	15/20 (pairs)	1998-2002	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Latvia	0/10 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Russian Federation	15000/80000 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species generally well known, but only poor or incomplete quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01
Ukraine	300/500 (pairs)	1990-2000	Breeding	Species poorly known, with no quantitative data available	Birds in Europe 2 (1990-2000)	2004-01-01

Source: BirdLife International

Population trends from "Birds in Europe" editions 1 and 2