Terek sandpiper [SEP] parent taxon
Terek sandpiper
The Terek sandpiper ("Xenus cinereus") is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus. It is named after the Terek River which flows into the west of the Caspian Sea, as it was first observed around this area. The genus name "Xenus" is from Ancient Greek "xenos" stranger, and "cinereus" is Latin for "ash-grey" from "cinis, cineris", "ashes".
Description and systematics.
Slightly larger
nandu thinni"
- Great stone plover, "musal kinnathi"
- Yellow-wattled lapwing, "sivappu mookku aalkatti"
- Red-wattled lapwing, "sivappu mookku aalkatti"
- Grey-headed lapwing
Sandpipers and allies.
- Marsh sandpiper, "chinna pachai kaali"
- Green sandpiper, "aatru ullan"
- Wood sandpiper, "pori ullan"
- Terek sandpiper, "terek ullan"
- Common sandpiper, "ullan"
- Curlew sandpiper, "curlew