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Tringa brevipes
Also known as: Grey-tailed Tattler
Basic stats
Diet
Small invertebrates, crustaceans
Habitat
Rocky shores, reef flats, mudflats
Range
Breeds Siberia, winters to Southeast Asia and Australia
Clutch size
4 eggs
Incubation period
About 23–25 days
Size
Medium (24–27cm)
Wingspan
~54–60cm
Weight
~80–150g
A plain grey-backed sandpiper with a stocky build, yellow legs and a distinctive short, high-pitched whistling call.
A regular winter visitor to Borneo's rocky shores and reef flats, favouring hard coastal substrates more than the soft mudflats used by many other waders.
