Synonyms

Tringa hypoleucos

Description

Common, in places rare breeding migrant. Inhabits fresh lakes, pounds, plain and mountain rivers and small streams with pebbly, muddy or sandy shore and scarce vegetation. At mountings it lives up to 3000 m. In spring in southern areas appears in end March – early April, in northern areas in April or early May singly or in pairs and small groups. Migration finishes in mid- or end May. Breeds in separate pairs not close one to other. Nest is built in shallow hole lined with dry grass. Clutches of 4 eggs in May – June. Both parents incubate for 20 days and care for juveniles, which hatch in June – July, and when they begin independent, broods disperse to south singly or in small groups, big flocks no formed. Autumn migration begins in mid-July, most of them leave in August – September, singles linger up to end September in northern areas, and up to mid-October in southern ones.

Distribution

Breeds on Ural and Irtysh rivers, in mountains and foothills of Southwest Altai, Kalbinskiy Altai, Saur, Monrak, Tarbagatay, Dzhungarskiy Alatau and Tien Shan. On migration occurs in Kazakhstan everywhere, mostly on plains. Sometimes birds winter on no freeze water to south of Chimkent.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.