The southern Jiangsu coast is a critical moulting site for Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea and Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer

• Published in: Bird conservation international Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 649 - 660
• Main Authors: YANG, ZIYOU, LAGASSÉ, BENJAMIN J., XIAO, HUI, JACKSON, MICHA V., CHIANG, CHUNG-YU, MELVILLE, DAVID S., LEUNG, KAR SIN KATHERINE, LI, JING, ZHANG, LIN, PENG, HE-BO, GAN, XIAOJING, LIU, WEN-LIANG, MA, ZHIJUN, CHOI, CHI-YEUNG
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Aquatic birds; Birds; Breeding grounds; Calendars; Calidris; Calidris tenuirostris; Charadrius; Charadrius leschenaultii; China; Coasts; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered species; Eurynorhynchus pygmeus; Flats (landforms); habitats; Limosa; Limosa lapponica; littoral zone; migratory behavior; Migratory birds; Molting; Numenius; Numenius arquata; Population; Population decline; Population statistics; Research Article; sand; Schedules; Threatened species; Tringa guttifer; water birds; Waterfowl; Wildlife conservation; Yellow Sea; Jiangsu China; Yellow Sea; China; stopover ecology; intertidal flats; East Asian-Australasian Flyway; shorebirds; moult

The extent of intertidal flats in the Yellow Sea region has declined significantly in the past few decades, resulting in severe population declines in several waterbird species. The Yellow Sea region holds the primary stopover sites for many shorebirds during their migration to and from northern bre...