Species: Calidris ferruginea
English Name: Curlew Sandpiper
Chinese Name: 彎嘴濱鷸
Family: Scolopacidae
Description:
The Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader (18-23 cm) with a long, down-curved, black bill and black legs and feet. The plumage is pale grey upperparts and white-grayish underparts. In the summer, the plumage is chestnut on the head, neck and breast. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant.
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References:
– Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Institute for Endangered Animals. (2010). Birds of Macao. Macao, SAR: Author.