Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Wood Sandpiper

Ladakhi name:

unknown

Scientific name:

Tringa glareola

Order:

Charadriiformes

Family:

Scolopicidae

fun facts:

The Wood Sandpiper is a passage migrant to Ladakh. It can be spotted in open marshes or muddy shallow edges of ponds and lakes up to 4700 m. The sexes look the same.