Field signs. The largest of the sandpiper, a little less ruff. In marriage Attire dominated brick-red color. From krasnozobika different size, more dense and stocky figure, relatively short (about half the length of the head) and straight beak, the feet are not black and greenish or yellowish-gray. Female usually less colorful than the male, on the belly more white spots But there are bright females and females are similar to males. At the top wing narrow, but clear white stripe, podkrylya light gray with white. In the winter operenii coloring adult light gray. Young top light brown, all feathers with a double (dark and whitish) pipe, creating a flaky image, all with colored plumage or ohristym tinge, legs olive-yellow. All naryadah nadhvoste white, with dark pestrinami, from afar it seems light-gray, in the marriage negotiations, it seems slightly darker than the other naryadah. In the spring passage of feathers may remain top of another winter attire. The weight 100-215 g, 23-25 cm in length, wing 16,1-17,6 cm, the magnitude of 55-61 cm (Ryabitsev, 2001) . Voice in flight - a net "Cuito vitamin or vyut-vyut." Tokuyut in the air, peremezhaya mashuschy flight planning, a lot of time repeating the beautiful melancholic disyllabic whistle "tyuyuveee-tyuyuveee ..." or "tyuyuvuuu-tyuyuvuuu .. . ", Then more vigorous" Twi-vision, Twi-vision "and a few times - fast" kuyyayyat-kuyyayyat ...", then again, "tyuyuveee-tyuyuveee ..." (Ryabitsev, 2001). Distribution. Rare, occurring sporadically Siberian-American Arctic Kulik. The proliferation of under-researched. In Central Siberia breeds in the Taimyr, farther to the east (ostoverno) - only to the Novosibirsk Islands, Chukotka and on-ve Wrangel (Rogacheva, 1988). At the Taimyr nesting found only in the north-west coast (76 o 08 'N) (Walter, 1902; Vronsky, 1986) and on the southern shore of Lake. Taimyr (Pit-Tarida), in the central part of sub - typical tundra (Tugarinov, Tolmachev, 1934). Summit 9 Jun, 1960 in the area Delemokita (Small Hantayskoe Lake) (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Habitats. Gnezdovoy biotope - mountainous and hilly tundra in negnezdovoe time - the sea coast (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Phenology. Data from the passage of almost no (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Reproduction. Gnezditsya stony, schebnistyh sites with lichens. Nest - shallow open pit with a litter of lichen or dimple in primyatom turf. Masonry - 4 bright yellowish-green eggs with dark brown stains, paint. A nest is very cautious, but rasizhennyh eggs and chicks "gives" of the nest (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Nutrition. Pitaetsya small invertebrates. Eat well as kidney and the spring shoots of plants. At the seaside Icelandic sandpiper collects small bivalves and crustaceans, worms, beetles, even small sea stars (Syroechkovsky, Rogacheva, 1980). Number. Data on the number almost none. G. Walter (1902) found numerous Icelandic sandpiper on nesting in the area of wintering boat Zarya. According NV Wronskians (1986) to the vicinity of Dixon, in August 1983, at 1 km 2 accounted for 4 vyvodka (Rogacheva, 1988). References. |
