
Wood Sandpiper
Inland water shorelines. Upperparts dark brown with white speckling; white eyebrows; buffy breast; white belly; yellow-green legs.

Inland water shorelines. Upperparts dark brown with white speckling; white eyebrows; buffy breast; white belly; yellow-green legs.

Secluded wetlands. Head and neck buff but densely spotted black (darkest on crown); a white spot at base of black bill; rest of upperparts spotted and barred dark brown; rufous and white.

Stony grassland. Large yellow eyes; yellow bill with black tip; long yellow legs. Above buffy; heavily streaked and spotted dark brown; below white, chest streaked blackish.

Widespread. Dark brown above with prominent ‘ear’ tufts; dark border to facial disc; below finely barred and blotched with dark brown, white and buff; eyes yellow.

Grassy woodland. Legs dull yellow. Above dark grey-brown, blotched black and streaked white; throat white; below white, breast blotched red-brown, belly barred black.

Wetlands. Orange legs in adult, dark in immature. Head and rear of neck dappled light brown; back and wings dark brown; all feathers boldly edged white; below white.

Shorelines. Chestnut above with black and white about head, neck and breast; white below.

Grassy hills. Legs dull yellow. Above dark brown, blotched black and streaked white; ear coverts and lateral neck rufous; throat white; upper breast mottled black and white; underparts pale rufous streaked red-brown.

Wetlands. Red bill; dark brown hood and upperparts; all feathers edged creamy; neck dusky; underparts white; all feathers with dark centres.

Woodland. Dark brown-grey above well spotted white; streaked brown and white below with large white pearl-like spots.
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