LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta C Very 
common on the coast, less so on inland 
waters. Seen with Temminck's Stint and 
other smaller waders. 
TEMMINCK'S STINT Calidris temminckii 
C Less common than the Little Stint. 
CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea 
C Fairly common on most parts of the 
coast. Numerous on Farasan Kabir, with 
Dunlin, stints and Turnstone 11 February 
1992. 
DUNLIN Calidris alpirta C? In winter 
generally found on coasts but we saw 10-15 
on the backwaters of Malaki Dam 25 October 
1987. Stagg (1985) also recorded it inland 
over protracted periods. 
RUFF Philomachus pugnax U Apparently a 
common winter visitor. The earliest record 
is 4 September 1991 near Amq. Hundreds 
in the backwaters of Malaki Dam 8-9 
February 1992. Stagg (1985) considered it a 
common passage migrant but scarce winter 
visitor. We suspect that it winters on the 
Tihamah in suitable habitats such as Malaki 
Dam. 
JACK SNIPE Lymnocryptes minimus U 
Restricted mainly due to lack of suitable 
habitat. One definitely seen on a marshy 
area on Malaki backwaters 8 February 1992. 
SNIPE Gallinago gallinago U Probably 
more common than the previous species. 
Also found at non-marshy sites, such as Al 
Kufferah where one or two always seen 
during December 1991 and January 1992. 
Other records from Wadi Alahssahbah 6 
January 1992 and Malaki backwaters 8-9 
February 1992. 
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa 
A Locally abundant. Seen both inland and 
on the coast. Up to 30 in a loose flock on the 
coast between Amq and Al Birk 7 February 
1992. More than 350 feeding on Sorghum, 
with Glossy Ibis, in thebackwaters of Malaki 
Dam 8-9 February 1992. Stagg (1985) 
reported that it winters in small numbers, 
and Brooks et al. (1987) also found it to be a 
scarce winter visitor and passage migrant 
on the coast and inland waters of Yemen. 
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica 
C Common winter visitor on the coast. 
WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus C 
Common everywhere on the coast, 
especially near Jeddah, Al Birk and on the 
Farasan Islands. More than 50 sightings, 
mainly of single birds. Frequently chased 
off by Curlew. 
CURLEW Numenius arcjuata C Very 
common all along the coast. Highly 
territorial, frequently seen chasing each 
other and displacing Whimbrel. 
REDSHANK Tringa totanus C Very 
common winter visitor to all sorts of 
waterbodies,but especially common on the 
coast. More than 100 sightings. Sometimes 
seen in temporary rainwater pools in the 
middle of the desert. 
MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis C 
Common by freshwater in winter, generally 
in twos or threes. More than 50 sightings. 
Likely to occur at any running stream or 
pool. More than 10 seen in Malaki 
backwaters 8 February 1992. 
GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia C 
Common on both fresh water and at the 
coast. More than 100 sightings. 
GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus U 
Two near Jizan in newly irrigated crop fields 
20 March 1989, one in Wadi Alahssahbah 6 
January 1992 and three in the backwaters of 
Malaki Dam 8-9 February 1992. Not 
recorded from the coast. 
WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola U 
One in a stream in Wadi Alahssahbah 8 
March 1 989 and another in a newly irrigated 
crop field near Jizan 20 March 1989. 
TEREK SANDPIPER Xenus cinereus C 
Common on the coast of Farasan Kabir. Up 
to 15 , with Curlew Sandpiper, stints, and 
Turnstone, at Masilah near Wadi Baysh 11 
February 1992. 
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