Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Curlew Sandpiper

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Calidris ferruginea

Order:

charadriiformes

Family:

sclopacidae

fun facts:

The Curlew Sandpiper is an occasional passage migrant to Ladakh. It can be spotted along marshes, mud flats and shallow shores of lakes and ponds up to 4300 m.  The sexes look the same.