Bird family

Waders – Snipes, Sandpipers, Curlews

Bar-tailed Godwit in the start of breeding plumage, facing and looking left

Bar-tailed Godwit

Scientific name Limosa lapponica
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Wood Sandpiper looking left in water

Wood Sandpiper

Scientific name Tringa glareola
Bird type Shorebirds and waders

Two Curlew Sandpiper on the sand, facing and looking right. Front bird in breeding plumage.

Curlew Sandpiper

Scientific name Calidris ferruginea
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Eastern curlew in the water about to take flight, facing and looking left, wings outstretched behind its back.

Far Eastern Curlew

Scientific name Numenius madagascariensis
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species

Two great knots facing and looking right, standing on the sand.

Great Knot

Scientific name Calidris tenuirostris
Bird type Shorebirds and waders, Threatened species