Nordmann's Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)

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Field Notes

Description:

It is a medium-sized sandpiper, 29-32 cm long, with a slightly upturned, bicoloured bill and shortish yellow legs. Breeding adults are boldly marked, with whitish spots and spangling on blackish upperside, heavily streaked head and upper neck, broad blackish crescentic spots on lower neck and breast and darker lores.

Habitat:

Found in wetlands/mangrove

Notes:

These birds are migratory and visit Singapore towards the end of the year every year.

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