Broadbilled Sandpiper

The Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
This species is a small wader, slightly larger than a red-necked stint but smaller than a curlew sandpiper
Identification: Key features include a relatively long, black bill with a distinctly decurved (downward-kinked) tip, short legs, and a bold, split supercilium (eyebrow stripes). In breeding plumage, it has dark brown upperparts with pale fringes and a streaked breast.

Seberang Perai: Found all over the coastal mudflats but in small numbers but ocassionally in bigger flocks of tens or even hundreds especically at the Teluk Air Tawar – Kuala Muda Coast IBA. With a little bit of practice you will be able to pick it up from a flock of waders. Although at times it can be found foraging alone on the mudflats.

https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/broad-billed-sandpiper-calidris-falcinellus

At Teluk Air Tawar – Kuala Muda: a migrant, usually mixed in with stints and sandplovers. About 150 were counted on 14 December 2024. Look for it from August to April, in the largest numbers from October to February. See When to see shorebirds at Teluk Air Tawar – Kuala Muda.