Abstract The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus is thought to be one of the most endangered birds in the world. The latest information suggests that the population is in free fall and, if current trends continue, could be at such low levels that extinction through random events could happen within 5-10 years. Habitat loss at key staging posts on the bird's 8,000-km migration route to and

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