Heteroscelus incanus

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: coastal rocky beaches • Maximum Elevation: 900 meters • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     9     Marine Neritic   
  
•     9.8     Marine Neritic - Coral Reef   
  
•     9.8.1     Outer Reef Channel   
  
•     9.8.2     Back Slope   
  
•     9.8.3     Foreslope (Outer Reef Slope)   
  
•     9.8.4     Lagoon   
  
•     9.8.5     Inter-Reef Soft Substrate   
  
•     9.8.6     Inter-Reef Rubble Substrate   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.1     Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline   
  
•     12.6     Marine Intertidal - Tidepools   
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Biology

Diet

Almost Exclusively: Aquatic Invertebrates

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : N/A
• Nest Location: N/A
• Nest Type: N/A
• Clutch Size: 4
• Length of Incubation : 23-25 days
• Days to Fledge : ?
• Number of Broods: ?

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Heteroscelus incanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

The rare Gray-tailed Tattler, found in Alaska, is very similar.

Members of the genus Heteroscelus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

H. brevipes (Curlews) · H. incanus (Wandering (Alaskan) Tattler)

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Further Reading

• A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 180, p. 681.
• A check list of North American birds. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1882. url p. 104.
• A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 66.
• A manual of the birds of Australia, by Gregory M. Mathews. .. and Tom Iredale. .. Illustrated with coloured and monochrome plates by Lilian Medland. Vol. I. Orders Casuarii to Columbæ. London, H.F. & G. Witherby, 1921. url p. 142.
• A monograph of the seal-islands of Alaska. By Henry W. Elliott. Reprinted, with additions, from the report on the fishery industries of the tenth census. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1882. url p. 130, p. 130.
• American game bird shooting. New York, Orange Judd Co., 1882. url .
• Annual report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended. .. Washington: G.P.O., 1914-1940. url p. 106.
• Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url p. 114, p. 186.
• Birds of Oregon, by Ira N. Gabrielson. .. and Stanley G. Jewett. .. Corvallis, Or., Pub. by Oregon State College through the O.S.C. Cooperative Association[c1940] url , p. 255.
• Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island = (Ptitsy Chukotskogo poluostrova i ostrova Vrangelya) / L.A. Portenko; translated from Russian [by P.M. Rao]. New Delhi: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., by Amerind Pub. Co., 1981- url p. 333, p. 341.
• Birds of the Crane Pacific expedition, by Ernst Mayr and Sidney Camras. 20 1938 Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 455.
• Birds'-nesting: a handbook of instruction in gathering and preserving the nests and eggs of birds for the purposes of study / by Ernest Ingersoll. Boston [Mass.]: S.E. Cassino, 1883, c1882. url p. 95.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 225, p. 366, p. 367, p. 369, p. 41, p. 76, p. 86.
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• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 94 1944 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 112, p. 150, p. 177, p. 422, p. 617.
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• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 123, p. 254, p. 94.
• Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 131.
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• Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 115.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. Heteroscelus incanus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• BirdLife International 2009. Heteroscelus incanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• Hines, J. E., Gregory Gough, J. R. Sauer, et al. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

• Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
• Avian Knowledge Network: Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network: Project FeederWatch
• Bird Studies Canada: BC Coastal Waterbird Survey
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: North West Territories and Nunavut Bird Checklist, Canada
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Royal British Columbia Museum
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• UCLA-Dickey Bird Collection (UCLA-Dickey): Bird specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8137
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176635
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481680
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176635
• IUCN ID: 214016
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNF03010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4539

Footnotes

1. Mean = 28.760 meters (94.357 feet), Standard Deviation = 45.730 based on 126,199 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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