Godwits and Dowitchers

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    Long-toed Stint

    Brown, yellow-legged stint with heavily streaked breast.

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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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    Common Redshank

    Brown and white sandpiper with long red legs and basal half of bill. In flight, from above, white back, rump, barred tail and broad white trailing edge to inner wing. From below, underwing coverts unmarked white.

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    Eurasian Curlew

    Very large, mid-brown shorebird with very long, downcurved bill. In flight, white rump and back and unmarked white underwing coverts are diagnostic

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    Pied Stilt

    Similar in most respects to Black-winged Stilt. Most obvious differences are a well-marked black nuchal ‘mane’ and clear white head, and deeper, puppy-like call.

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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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    Little Ringed Plover

    Small plover with white collar, yellow eye-ring, dark brown upperparts, dark mask, complete breast band, pink or yellow legs, elongated body.

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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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    Northern Lapwing

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    Small Buttonquail

    First recorded in Peninsular Malaysia in 2006, in Kedah, and has subsequently been observed in Perlis, Pulau Pinang, Perak and Selangor, suggesting recent colonisation from populations to the north. No records from Bornean Malaysia. Smaller than Barred Buttonquail, from which best distinguished by pink legs and paler overall colouration.

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