Species Use Database

Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis

Used for Food and feed in Kenya

A. Species

Scientific name: Tringa stagnatilis

Common name(s): Marsh Sandpiper

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Kenya

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: National Level

Name/Details of location: Kenya


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2009

End Year: 2009


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)

Is this use legal or illegal?: not recorded


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species


Record source

Information about the record source: grey_lit, own_res_data_knowledge, indig_local_knowledge and expert_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Odino, M. (2011). Measuring the conservation threat to birds in Kenya from deliberate pesticide poisoning: a case study of suspected carbofuran poisoning using Furadan in Bunyala Rice Irrigation Scheme. Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches., 53–70.

Date of record entry: 2024-07-12


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