Eudromias morinellus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	CHARADRIIFORMES	CHARADRIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Eudromias morinellus

Species Authority:

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Dotterel, Eurasian Dotterel
French	–	Pluvier guignard

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2009

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History:

2008	–	Least Concern
2004	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Mongolia; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Russian Federation; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States Vagrant: Bahrain; Bermuda; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Canada; Croatia; Faroe Islands; Gambia; Iceland; Japan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Mauritania; Montenegro; Oman; Serbia; Slovenia; Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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Countries:

Native:

Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Mongolia; Morocco; Netherlands; Norway; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Russian Federation; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States

Vagrant:

Bahrain; Bermuda; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Canada; Croatia; Faroe Islands; Gambia; Iceland; Japan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Mauritania; Montenegro; Oman; Serbia; Slovenia; Svalbard and Jan Mayen

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Behaviour This species is fully migratory and travels non-stop on a broad front across Europe, staging first at a number of traditional sites¹. It departs from its breeding grounds from August to September, the return migration in the spring beginning in late-February or March¹. The species breeds from May to August² in solitary well-dispersed pairs^{1, 2} although where suitable habitat is restricted it may also breed in loose groups of 2-5 pairs and adults may roost communally at night¹. The species migrates in small parties² commonly of 3-6 individuals (occasionally up to 20-80 individuals)¹ and it remains gregarious throughout the winter². Habitat Breeding The species breeds on flat open uplands, on mountain ridges and plateaus with sparse vegetation, and on coastal and inland Arctic tundra of moss, short grass or lichen and bare patches of rock^{1, 2}. Non-breeding On passage the species stages in exposed areas with short vegetation, such as heathlands and fallow or ploughed fields, and during the winter its habitats include stony and shrubby steppe, semi-desert, ploughed farmland and the margins of cultivation¹. Diet Its diet consists of insects (e.g. beetles, adult and larval Diptera, larval Lepidoptera, grasshoppers, crickets, earwigs and ants), spiders, snails and earthworms, as well as plant matter such as leaves, seeds, berries and flowers¹ (e.g. of Empetrum spp.)³. Breeding site The nest is a shallow scrape on bare ground or in short vegetation¹. The species is a solitary nester but where suitable habitat is restricted it may also breed in loose groups of 2-5 pairs¹. Nests are normally placed between 200 m and several kilometres apart¹.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

Behaviour This species is fully migratory and travels non-stop on a broad front across Europe, staging first at a number of traditional sites¹. It departs from its breeding grounds from August to September, the return migration in the spring beginning in late-February or March¹. The species breeds from May to August² in solitary well-dispersed pairs^{1, 2} although where suitable habitat is restricted it may also breed in loose groups of 2-5 pairs and adults may roost communally at night¹. The species migrates in small parties² commonly of 3-6 individuals (occasionally up to 20-80 individuals)¹ and it remains gregarious throughout the winter². Habitat Breeding The species breeds on flat open uplands, on mountain ridges and plateaus with sparse vegetation, and on coastal and inland Arctic tundra of moss, short grass or lichen and bare patches of rock^{1, 2}. Non-breeding On passage the species stages in exposed areas with short vegetation, such as heathlands and fallow or ploughed fields, and during the winter its habitats include stony and shrubby steppe, semi-desert, ploughed farmland and the margins of cultivation¹. Diet Its diet consists of insects (e.g. beetles, adult and larval Diptera, larval Lepidoptera, grasshoppers, crickets, earwigs and ants), spiders, snails and earthworms, as well as plant matter such as leaves, seeds, berries and flowers¹ (e.g. of Empetrum spp.)³. Breeding site The nest is a shallow scrape on bare ground or in short vegetation¹. The species is a solitary nester but where suitable habitat is restricted it may also breed in loose groups of 2-5 pairs¹. Nests are normally placed between 200 m and several kilometres apart¹.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Bibliography [top]

	del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. Hayman, P.; Marchant, J.; Prater, A. J. 1986. Shorebirds. Croom Helm, London. Johnsgard, P. A. 1981. The plovers, sandpipers and snipes of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, U.S.A. and London.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Hayman, P.; Marchant, J.; Prater, A. J. 1986. Shorebirds. Croom Helm, London.

Johnsgard, P. A. 1981. The plovers, sandpipers and snipes of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, U.S.A. and London.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2009. Eudromias morinellus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2012.
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