Elegant sandpiper with long yellowish legs and medium length, straight bill. Upperparts dark brown, spangled with white spots. In flight, above, wings and back dark; square white rump and barred tail. Below, underwing coverts are finely barred. Feet project beyond tail in flight.

Single record from Kedah in April 2014, though possibly under-recorded. Best told from other buttonquails by bright yellow legs and bill base and orange-chestnut colouration on the nape.

The largest Pluvialis plover, heavily spangled upperparts lack strong yellow tones.

Small, elegant sandpiper with finely tapered, decurved bill (longer than head) and longish black legs.

Short-legged, long-tailed shorebird with mid-length, straight bill. Distinctive white ‘spur’ at the wing shoulder. Near-constant bobbing of rear end and stiff-winged flight characteristic.

Small, neat, long-legged godwit with long, straight, blob-tipped, pink-based bill.