Far Eastern Curlew

Far Eastern Curlew is a large wader most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew. It is mostly brown, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing and brown rump. It is not only the largest curlew but probably the world's largest sandpiper, at 60–66 cm in length and about 110 cm across the wings (Wikipedia, general species account). The species is a large wader most similar in appearance to the long-billed curlew. (Wikipedia, general species account).

It overlaps in range with the eastern subspecies of the Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata orientalis, from which it is most easily told by its brown rump and lower back, rather than white. Its breeding habitat is composed of marshy and swampy wetlands and lakeshores. During its migration the Far Eastern curlew commonly makes stopovers on the mudflats of the Yellow Sea and some on the coasts of Japan. (Wikipedia, general species account).