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.
© 2013 Michele Lamberti
© 2012 Ján Svetlík
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© 2012 Sergey Pisarevskiy
© 2007 Lip Kee Yap
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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.