Shorebirds
Bristle-thighed
Curlew
This species is of high concern because it nests only
in Alaska, and is found in just two relatively small, disjunct regions, the Andreafsky
Wilderness near the north Yukon Delta and on the central Seward Peninsula (Marks
et al. 2002). The total breeding population is among the smallest of all North
American shorebirds, estimated at only 3,200 pairs (Handel
et al. 1990). Numerous lines of evidence suggest the population is being negatively
affected by anthropogenic factors on the nonbreeding grounds in central Oceania
(Marks and Redmond 1994, Gill
1998). Uncertainty about the specific identity of "large shorebirds"
harvested in western Alaska raises the possibility that harvest may be a threat
to this species.
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Bristle-thighed
Curlew
This species is of high concern because it nests only
in Alaska, and is found in just two relatively small, disjunct regions, the Andreafsky
Wilderness near the north Yukon Delta and on the central Seward Peninsula (Marks
et al. 2002). The total breeding population is among the smallest of all North
American shorebirds, estimated at only 3,200 pairs (Handel
et al. 1990). Numerous lines of evidence suggest the population is being negatively
affected by anthropogenic factors on the nonbreeding grounds in central Oceania
(Marks and Redmond 1994, Gill
1998). Uncertainty about the specific identity of "large shorebirds"
harvested in western Alaska raises the possibility that harvest may be a threat
to this species.
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Last Updated: September 18, 2008
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