Large, dark brown, heavily streaked shorebird with strongly downcurved bill and grey or greyish-blue legs.

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

Extremely rare austral winter/spring vagrant to Bornean Malaysia, with just two records: "flocks around Kuching", Sarawak, including one collected, in Sept 1951, and three in Kota Belud, Sabah, on 1 Aug 1987. Very long-legged, long-winged pratincole with short, square tail.

Brown, grey-headed lapwing with black pectoral band (adults), black-tipped yellow bill and long yellow legs.

The smaller of the Pluvialis plovers, heavily spangled upperparts are generally yellow-toned. Elegant, with long legs and rather fine, sharp-tipped bill.

Vagrant from South and northern South-east Asia, with a small handful of records in December and January in Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Tiny, dove-like pratincole with pale grey-brown upper parts and bold black-and-white wing pattern in flight.

Large, streak-backed shorebird with very long, pink-based, slightly upturned bill and relatively short black legs.

A robust, grey-and-white shorebird with long upcurved, orange-based bill and short, bright orange legs.