Larger Plovers

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    Black-tailed Godwit

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

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    Marsh Sandpiper

    Delicate, elegant sandpiper with long yellowish legs and needle-like bill. White supercilium and darker cap evident in most plumages. In flight, entire foot projects beyond tail and underwing coverts are mostly white.

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    Nordmann’s Greenshank

    Chunky greenshank with thick, slightly upcurved bill with relatively short, yellow legs. Often appears strikingly pale. In flight, toes barely project beyond tail; tail often appears white, and underwing coverts are pure white and unbarred.

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    Yellow-legged Buttonquail

    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.

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    Common Greenshank

    Elegant white and grey/brown sandpiper with medium-length, slightly upcurved bill and long green-yellow legs. In flight, toes project beyond tail. From above, plain darkish wings and scapulars contrast with white back and rump and whitish, barred tail. From below, wing coverts well-barred.

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    Oriental Plover

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    Northern Lapwing

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    Broad-billed Sandpiper

    Small, short-legged, stint-like sandpiper with longish, thick bill which droops at the tip. Bold head pattern in all plumages.

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    Red-necked Phalarope

    Stint-sized, squat shorebird with short pale blue legs, lobed toes and needle-like black bill.

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    Little Stint

    Plump, small-headed, fine-billed, relatively long-legged stint.

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