Beautiful Shorebirds of India 

17 Oct,2023

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The Siberian sand plover is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

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Siberian sand plover

This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper, make up the genus Actitis.

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Common sandpiper

The common greenshank is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.

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Common greenshank

The Eurasian or common whimbrel, also known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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Eurasian whimbrel

The black-tailed godwit is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

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Black-tailed godwit

The common redshank or simply redshank is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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Common redshank

It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, and a long upturned bill.

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Limosa lapponica

The spoon-billed sandpiper is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia.

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Spoon-billed sandpiper