Colour leg flags sizes for Western Palearctic waders Compiled by Marcin Faber Last uptated: 28.08.2010 ID A34 H www.colour-rings.eu L If you have any remarks or/and additional sizes please contact us: [email protected] ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME AMOUNT OF INNER LENGHT HEIGHT ALPHA- DIAMETER (L) in mm (H) in mm NUMERIC (ID) in mm DIGITS PAINTED SNIPES Family Rostratulidae Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis OYSTERCATCHERS Family Haematopodidae Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 1-4 9 25 14 African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini 1-4 9 25 14 STILTS, AVOCETS Family Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 1-3 7 21 12 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 1-3 7 21 12 CRAB-PLOVER Family Dromadidae Crab-plover Dromas ardeola STONE-CURLEWS, THICK-KNEES Family Burhinidae Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 1-3 7 21 12 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis COURSERS, PRATINCOLES Family Glareolidae Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor 1-3 5,5 16 10 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 PLOVERS Family Charadriidae Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1-3 3,3 10 7 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1-3 3,3 10 7 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 1-3 3,3 10 7 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 1-3 3,3 10 7 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 1-3 5,5 16 10 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 1-3 5,5 16 10 European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1-3 5,5 16 10 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1-3 5,5 16 10 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 1-3 5,5 16 10 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 1-3 5,5 16 10 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 1-3 5,5 16 10 Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius 1-3 5,5 16 10 White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus 1-3 5,5 16 10 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1-3 5,5 16 10 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME AMOUNT OF INNER LENGHT HEIGHT ALPHA- DIAMETER (L) in mm (H) in mm NUMERIC (ID) in mm DIGITS SANDPIPERS, SNIPES Family Scolopacidae Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 1-3 5,5 16 10 Red Knot Calidris canutus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Sanderling Calidris alba 1-3 3,3 10 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 1-2 2,8 8 6 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 1-2 2,8 8 6 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 1-2 2,8 8 6 Little Stint Calidris minuta 1-2 2,8 8 6 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 1-2 2,8 8 6 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 1-2 2,8 8 6 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 1-2 2,8 8 6 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 1-2 2,8 8 6 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1-2 2,8 8 6 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1-3 3,3 10 7 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 1-3 3,3 10 7 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1-3 3,3 10 7 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 1-3 3,3 10 7 Dunlin Calidris alpina 1-3 3,3 10 7 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 1-3 3,3 10 7 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Great Snipe Gallinago media 1-3 5,5 16 10 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1-3 7 21 12 American Woodcock Scolopax minor Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 1-3 7 21 12 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 1-3 5,5 16 10 Little Curlew Numenius minutus Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1-3 7 21 12 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 1-4 9 25 14 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 1-3 5,5 16 10 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 1-3 5,5 16 10 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1-3 5,5 16 10 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 1-3 5,5 16 10 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1-3 3,3 10 7 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1-3 3,3 10 7 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1-3 3,3 10 7 Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes 1-3 5,5 16 10 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1-3 4,5 13 8,5 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 1-3 3,3 10 7 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 1-3 3,3 10 7 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 1-3 3,3 10 7.