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**Spoon-billed Sandpiper - Calidris pygmaea
Short: A tiny migratory shorebird whose staging habitats on the East Asian coast are being lost to land reclamation and development, driving rapid declines.
Facts:
Status: Critically Endangered.
Range: Breeds in Arctic Russia, migrates along East Asian flyway to SE Asia.
Habitat: Tidal flats, estuaries, coastal mudflats.
Diet: Small invertebrates in mud.
Lifespan: ~5-10 yrs.
Reproduction: Arctic breeder with small clutch; long migrations.
Role: Indicator of healthy tidal-flat ecosystems.
Threats: Land reclamation, coastal development, disturbance at stopover sites.
2025 October 15