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Temminck’s Stint Index Showed Clear Long-term Decline in India, While Recent Trend Was Unclear

Temminck's Stint in Bakkhali, West Bengal, India
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The 2025 interim update from State of India’s Birds reported revised national numerical estimates for Temminck’s stint (Calidris temminckii) in India. The numerical update was released on 6 May 2026.

The long-term numerical trend was estimated at −42.4% and clearly supported a long-term decline. The current annual estimate was −0.46% per year, but the uncertainty was broad enough that the recent change could not be distinguished clearly from little or no change. The species page retained the 2023 category Trend Inconclusive for the current annual trend because the qualitative categories were not recalculated from the 2025 numerical estimates.

The species’ modelled distribution range in India was estimated at 1,094,635 km². State of India’s Birds describes Temminck’s stint as a winter migrant, specialised for wetlands and non-endemic to India, and retains it in the Moderate conservation-priority category.

The abundance index used by State of India’s Birds is based on how often a species is reported on complete eBird checklists. The interim release updated range and trend estimates for 942 previously assessed bird species using about 48 million observations through 31 May 2025. The index therefore describes change in reporting frequency after the project’s statistical adjustments rather than a direct count of individual birds.

Sources and image credit

  1. State of India’s Birds Partnership. (2026). State of India’s Birds: Range, trends, and conservation status – 2025 interim update (Version 2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20036633Primary 2026 release, created 6 May 2026. The update recalculated numerical distribution range size, long-term trend and current annual trend values for 942 species using about 48 million eBird observations through 31 May 2025.
  2. State of India’s Birds Partnership. (2026). Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii) factsheet: 2025 update.Species factsheet reporting a national long-term trend of −42.43% (95% CI −54.76 to −26.03), a current annual estimate of −0.46% (−2.29 to +1.37), and an estimated distribution range of 1,094,635 km².

Image: Tisha Mukherjee / Wikimedia Commons — Temminck’s stint (Calidris temminckii) photographed in Bakkhali, West Bengal, India, 18 September 2025. Representative species image, not linked to the national trend analysis. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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