Smaller plovers

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    Eurasian Woodcock

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    Beach Thick-knee

    Sparse records from islands off the east coast of Sabah, and one intriguing recent record from Bako NP, Sarawak. Large shorebird with massive chisel-like bill, yellow legs, eyes and bill base. Bold dark and white head, and wing pattern in flight. Secretive and shy. Often rests during the day and forages at night.

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    Temminck’s Stint

    Featureless grey, long-bodied stint with yellow legs.

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    Asian Dowitcher

    Similar in size to Black-tailed Godwit, with black legs intermediate in length between Bar-tailed and Black-tailed Godwits. Bill largely black, straight and slightly blob-tipped.

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    Common Sandpiper

    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.

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    Kentish Plover

    Small plover with white collar, plain pale brown upperparts. Shorter legs than sand-plovers. Breastband usually incomplete.

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    Crab-Plover

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    Pied Avocet

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    Tibetan Sand Plover

    Larger and longer-legged than ‘white-collared’ plovers.

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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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