Limosa haemastica

World Register of Marine Species

Distribution

North America; migrates through the Atlantic Coast in the fall

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Distribution

Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North West Atlantic, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.

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occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Breeding

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Breeding

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Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) BREEDING: locally in south-coastal Alaska, probably western Alaska, Mackenzie, northwestern British Columbia, around Hudson Bay. NON-BREEDING: in South America on the coast of Chile and from Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay south to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands (AOU 1983). The most important areas are in Tierra del Fuego: Bahia San Sebastian, Argentina, on Atlantic coast of Tierra del Fuego; Bahia Lomas, at eastern mouth of Strait of Magellan; and Chiloe area of Pacific coast of Chile (Morrison and Ross 1989). MIGRATION: in spring, in North America from Texas and Louisiana north to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the west side of Hudson Bay; rarely on Pacific Coast of Guatemala and Costa Rica. In fall, southeastward from James Bay to Maritimes and New England, then over water to wintering grounds (AOU 1983).

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Size

Length: 39 cm

Weight: 305 grams

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Habitat

Habitat and Ecology

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Terrestrial
Freshwater
Marine

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Depth range based on 1 specimen in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 0
  Temperature range (°C): 18.517 - 18.517
  Nitrate (umol/L): 1.458 - 1.458
  Salinity (PPS): 35.046 - 35.046
  Oxygen (ml/l): 5.490 - 5.490
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.224 - 0.224
  Silicate (umol/l): 1.721 - 1.721

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Comments: BREEDING: Nests on grassy tundra, near water. Bogs and marshes. Near coast or river. Nests on the ground in a sparsely lined depression, in or under edge of prostrate dwarf birch or on dry top of hummock in sedge marsh. NON-BREEDING: marshes, beaches, flooded fields, and tidal mudflats (AOU 1983); lake and pond shores, inlets.

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Migration

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Northward migration mainly through Texas and Louisiana and interior North America; usually reaches Texas in April; arrives in Beaufort Sea area late May-early June. Gathers in large flocks on western shores of Hudson and James bays prior to southward migration (to Maritime Provinces and New England, then southward by sea to southern South America, possibly with a stop somewhere in northern South America). Nonbreeders at Tierra del Fuego apparently derive from breeding grounds in central Canadian Arctic (Morrison and Ross 1989). Begins migration from northwestern Canada early to mid-August.

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Trophic Strategy

Comments: Feeds on marine worms, mollusks, and crustaceans. Probes deeply into mud. During the nesting season eats many insects (e.g., flies, mosquitoes).

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Population Biology

Global Abundance

10,000 - 100,000 individuals

Comments: Morrison et al. (2001) estimated the total population at 50,000 individuals.

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General Ecology

NON-BREEDING: gregarious.

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Reproduction

Breeding begins mid-May in west to early June in east (Harrison 1978). Usually 4 eggs are incubated for 22-23 days; eggs incubated by female during day, by male at night. Young precocial, tended by both parents until just before fledging (early August on Mackenzie Delta).

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Limosa haemastica

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 10
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Barcode data: Limosa haemastica

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.

NNCCTATACCTAATCTTCGGCGCATGAGCTGGTATAGTCGGAACTGCCCTTAGTCTACTCATCCGTGCAGAACTAGGCCAACCAGGAACCCTTCTGGGAGACGACCAAATCTACAATGTAATCGTCACCGCCCATGCCTTCGTAATAATCTTCTTCATAGTAATGCCAATCATGATTGGTGGCTTTGGAAACTGGCTAGTCCCACTCATAATCGGCGCCCCCGATATGGCATTTCCACGCATAAATAATATGAGCTTCTGACTACTTCCCCCATCATTCCTACTACTTCTAGCCTCATCTACAGTAGAAGCTGGGGCAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTCTCGCGGGTAACCTTGCTCATGCTGGGGCCTCAGTAGATCTAGCCATCTTTTCACTTCACCTAGCAGGTGTTTCCTCTATTCTAGGTGCTATTAATTTCATTACAACAGCCATTAACATAAAACCCCCAGCCCTTTCCCAATACCAAACCCCCCTATTCGTATGATCAGTACTCATCACTGCCGTCCTACTACTACTCTCCCTTCCAGTCCTCGCTGCCGGCATCACCATGCTACTAACAGACCGAAACCTAAACACCACATTCTTCGATCCTGCCGGAGGGGGAGATCCAGTTTTATATCAACACCTTTTCTGATTTTTTGGACACCCAGAAGTTTATATCCTAATCCTG
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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List Assessment

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

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3.1

Year Assessed

2009

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BirdLife International

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Bird, J., Butchart, S.

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Justification

This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is very large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History

2008

Least Concern
2004

Least Concern
1988

Near Threatened

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N4B - Apparently Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N3B - Vulnerable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure

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