Tuesday 13 November 2018

Nordmann's Greenshank / Spotted Greenshank

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Scolopacidae (Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes)
 Nordmann's Greenshank / Spotted Greenshank
Tringa guttifer
小青脚鹬 (xiǎo qīng-jiǎo yù) / 诺氏鹬 (nuò-shì yù)

    Malay : Kedidi Kaki Hijau Berbintik
    Japanese : カラフトアオアシシギ (karafuto ao-ashi shigi)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 樺太青足鴫 / 樺太青足鷸



    Size : 29–32 cm; 136–158 g; Wingspan 55 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Monotypic. (Nordmann, 1835, Okhotsk, Russia)
    – Sakhalin and W Sea of Okhotsk; possibly also N Sea of Okhotsk and Kamchatka. Winter range not well known, but recorded in NE India, Bangladesh and Myanmar S to Malay Peninsula and E Sumatra; may be regular also in Japan, S Korea, E China, Taiwan, Philippines and perhaps elsewhere.

Date :11 November 2018
Location : Bagan Sungai Burung, Daerah Bagan Datuk, Perak

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