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This is the Terek Sandpiper (Tringa
cinerea). Size 23 cm (9 in). Greyish
brown upperparts with long and thin up-curved black bill. Orange legs
diagnostic. Prominent white supercilium in front of eye, indistinct behind.
Occurs in North-eastern Europe throughout temperate Asia wintering south to
the coast of Africa, South-East Asia to Australasia.In Malaysia it is a
common passage migrant and winter visitor at low elevation in coastal areas
south to Singapore. Prefers mudflats, open freshwater swamps, sandy shores
and mangroves.
Digiscoped at Parit Jawa, Johor, Malaysia with Swarovski AT80HD + Nikon 990.