In 2016, the spoon-billed sandpiper was expected to go extinct in the next 10 years, but conservation efforts helped slow the population decline. The species breed in the Russian Far East along ...

By Kristine Sabillo Using the world’s smallest known satellite transmitter, conservationists were able to track a spoon-billed sandpiper, thought to be the world’s rarest migratory shorebird ...

The spoon-billed sandpiper is a small bird of 14 to 16 cm in length with a beak that resembles a spoon or spatula. The species is listed as critically endangered because of its small and declining ...

Rapid and continued population decline in the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus indicates imminent extinction unless conservation action is taken. Bird Conservation International, 20 ...

Yet, the annual loss of the most endangered bird species has averaged between 5.1 and 7.5%, with populations of species such as the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea ...

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper population in Russian has been tracked since 1977, when a survey estimated 2,500 breeding pairs in Chukotka. By 2003 the population had dropped to around 500 pairs.

The spoon-billed sandpiper, also called "spoonie", is a small bird 14 to 16 cm long with a beak that resembles a spoon or paddle. The species is listed as critically endangered because of its ...

BirdLife International has found 84 critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers in coastal Myanmar (Burma). The discovery is welcome news for a species down to 200 to 300 pairs remaining in the ...

In 2016, the spoon-billed sandpiper was expected to go extinct in the next 10 years, but conservation efforts helped slow the population decline.

The spoon-billed sandpiper population in Russian has been tracked since 1977, when a survey estimated 2,500 breeding pairs in Chukotka. By 2003 the population had dropped to around 500 pairs.