Description
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Size: medium small to medium large waders; relatively slender. Plumage: above grey or dull brown; below whitish; tail barred; rump and back often white; wings long and pointed, upper wing uniform; tail square. Other characters: loud ringing calls; neck long; bill long and slender, straight or slightly recurved; legs long, pale or brightly coloured; feet with hind toe present, partial web between outer and middle toe and trace of web between middle toe and inner toe. <389>
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
- bibliographic citation
- Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
- contributor
- Edward Vanden Berghe [email]
