Month: January 2013

Species: Actitis hypoleucos English Name: Common Sandpiper Chinese Name: 磯鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: This small wader (19-21 cm) is brown above and breast sides and white below with a white-grayish supercilium. Legs and feet are olive-green, and the short strait bill is grey whit a darker tip. It is a common visitor to Macao. Photos used under a Creative…

Species: Xenus cinereus English Name: Terek Sandpiper Chinese Name: 翹嘴鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: This small wader (22-25 cm) has grey upperparts, head, neck and breast and a white belly. The long upturned bill is black with a yellow base, the legs and feet are yellow-orange. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant and a non-breeding summer visitor. Photos…

Species: Arenaria interpres English Name: Ruddy Turnstone Chinese Name: 翻石鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: The Ruddy Turnstone has 21-26 cm in length. Winter-plumage is brown on the head and upperparts, and white on the belly. The summer the plumage is orange-chestnut upperparts with black markings. In Macao, it occurs in April as a passage migrant. Photos used under a Creative…

Species: Tringa brevipes English Name: Grey-tailed Tattler Chinese Name: 灰尾漂鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: The Grey-tailed Tattler is a wather with 24-27 cm in length. The plumage is mainly grey except for the white belly and a prominent white supercilium. He has a black stout bill and yellow legs and feet. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant. Photos…

Species: Tringa glareola English Name: Wood Sandpiper Chinese Name: 林鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: The Wood Sandpiper is similar in size (19-23 cm) and coloration to Green Sandpiper, but is lighter-toned above with bigger white spots and the supercilium is prominent behind the eyes. It can be found in Macao wetlands in March and April, and from August to October.…

Species: Tringa ochropus English Name: Green Sandpiper Chinese Name: 白腰草鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: This small wader (21-24 cm) has olive-green legs and feet, and dark-olive bill with a black tip. The plumage is olive-brown above and white below. The summer-plumage is more densely spoted white on the upperparts. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant and a summer…

Species: Tringa nebularia English Name: Common Greenshank Chinese Name: 青腳鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: This medium-size wader (30-35 cm) is grayish above and white below. The summer plumage have black markings above and become patterned below. This specie is similar to Marsh Sandpiper, but bigger and stouter, slightly upcurved bill. In Macao, it as been registered in August and October.…

Species: Tringa stagnatilis English Name: Marsh Sandpiper Chinese Name: 澤鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: This small wader has 22-26 cm in length. The plumage have grayish upperparts and and white undeparts. In the summer it become browner above and streaked on the head and neck. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant and winter visitor. Photos used under a…

Species: Tringa totanus English Name: Common Redshank Chinese Name: 紅腳鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: This medium-sized wader (27-29 cm) has red legs and a red bill with a black tip, brown upperparts and whitish underparts. In the summer, the plumage become darker-toned and more patterned on the head and neck. In Macao, it can be found at Lotus Bridge Wetland.…

Species: Numenius arquata English Name: Eurasian Curlew Chinese Name: 白腰杓鷸 Family: Scolopacidae Description: The Eurasian Curlew has 50-60 cm in length. The bill is slim, very long and curved. The plumage is mainly grayish-brown with a white lower back and rump. It occurs in Macao as a passage migrant. Photos used under a Creative Commons license References: – Department of…