SCOLOPACIDAE
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER



Location : Malim Nawar, Perak
Date : 29 ‎November ‎2020

17–21 cm Adult non-breeding: Slightly down-tapering dark bill, rich brown crown, whitish supercilium, diffuse neck/breaststreaking. Recalls smaller Long-toed Stint. Adult breeding: Dark-streaked rufous crown, blackish-brown above with bright rufous fringing, boldly streaked neck/breast, then arrow-head markings below. (d) Juvenile: As breeding adult but supercilium/throat plainer/whiter, breast lightly streaked rich buff, otherwise white below. VOICE Soft ueep or wheep (often repeated) in flight. Twittering teet-teet-trrt-trrt or prtt-wheet-wheet. HABITAT & BEHAVIOUR Marshes, fish ponds, mudflats. Often on drier wetland margins. RANGE V S Myanmar, C,S Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Singapore, E Tonkin, S Annam.