Broad-billed Sandpiper

The Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) is a small migratory shorebird of wetlands and intertidal habitats. Within the Central Asian Flyway (CAF), the Siberian subspecies (C. f. sibirica) breeds in the Arctic tundra of northeastern Siberia and migrates south through Central Asia to winter in the northern Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, while the nominate subspecies winters in western India after breeding in northern Europe and northwestern Russia. The species breeds in wet tundra, peatlands, and bogs, and during migration and winter occupies intertidal mudflats, estuaries, lagoons, saltpans, and other shallow wetlands. It feeds primarily on marine worms, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, and other small invertebrates by probing soft mud. Globally classified as Vulnerable, the species faces increasing threats from the loss and degradation of wetlands and intertidal habitats across its breeding, migratory, and wintering range, particularly at key stopover and coastal sites.