Long-Toed Stint

Long-Toed Stint is a very small wader, 13 to 16 cm long, that breeds across northern Asia and winters in south and southeast Asia and Australasia. Notable features include yellowish legs and a short, thin dark bill. Breeding adults are rich brown above with darker feather centres and white below, with a light line above the eye and a brown crown. in winter they are grey above (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).

It forages on mudflats, picking food by sight or probing. These birds forage on mudflats, picking up food by sight, sometimes by probing. Little is known of its breeding habits but its breeding range includes the Chukchi Peninsula, the Koryak Plateau, the Commander Islands, the Kuril Islands, land bordering the Sea of Okhotsk, north Verkhoyansky District and around the Ob River and the Irtysh River. In its overwintering range it visits a variety of wetland habitats including shallow freshwater or brackish areas, lakes, swamps, floodplains, marshes, lagoons, muddy shores and sewage ponds. (Wikipedia, general species account).