Seeking the Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Myanmar

Submitted by Nature on Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:01

Seeking the Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Myanmar 2010
By Graham Chisholm

The global population of this Arctic-nesting sandpiper is now estimated to have dwindled to about 120-250 pairs. A 2005 survey estimated the total population at under 1,000, dramatically down from an estimated 6,000 in the 1970s. This precipitous drop in numbers has lead many to believe that this species could be extinct within the next decade without a concerted conservation effort.

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