Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

It is a portly sandpiper with a pot belly, flat back and somewhat drawn-out rear end, and a mottled chestnut-brown upper body with sharp-looking feathers (Wikipedia, general species account). Within the genus Calidris the sharp-tailed sandpiper is most closely related to the broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus). The genus name calidris comes from the Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper is a small-to-medium migratory wader found mostly in Siberia during the summer breeding period and in Australia for wintering. The species is a small-medium migratory wader or shorebird, found mostly in Siberia during the summer breeding period (June to August) and Australia for wintering (September to March). The most similar-looking species is the pectoral sandpiper, within whose Asian range the sharp-tailed sandpiper breeds. (Wikipedia, general species account).