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Pectoral Sandpiper

Animals; Birds

The Pectoral Sandpiper, "Calidris" melanotos, is a small wader. It is a very long-distance migrant breeding in the boggy tundra of northeast Asia and North America.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Animals; Birds

The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader. It breeds in the boggy tundra of northeast Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south east Asia and Australasia.

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Animals; Birds

The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, also known as the Common Pied Oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just Oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae. It is the ...

Greater Painted Snipe

Animals; Birds

The Greater Painted Snipe, Rostratula benghalensis, is a species of wader in the family Rostratulidae. It is found in marshes in Africa, India, Pakistan, and South-east Asia.

Sociable Lapwing

Animals; Birds

The Sociable Lapwing or Sociable Plover (Vanellus gregarius) is a wader in the lapwing family of birds. It breeds on open grassland in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Red-wattled Lapwing

Animals; Birds

The Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is a lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae. It breeds from West Asia eastwards across South Asia, with another sub-species further ...

Grey-headed Lapwing

Animals; Birds

The Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) is a lapwing species which breeds in northeast China and Japan.

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