Long-billed Dowitcher 长嘴鹬

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Scolopacidae 鹬科
Genus : Limnodromus 滨鹬属

Binomial name : Limnodromus scolopaceus

Long-billed Dowitcher
长嘴鹬

Size: 29cm

Habitat: In the winter, this bird can be found in a much larger variety of habitats ranging from mudflats, flooded wetlands, wet meadows and fields to various lakes and marshes preferring water less than three inches deep.

Behaviour: forage by jabbing or probing with a characteristic "sewing machine" motion in shallow water or on wet mud, often with their heads underwater and using tactile receptors on the tip of their bill to locate prey by touch.

Breeding: North America
Status: Vagrant
lifer: Nov2025 . Sungai Balang @ Johor

Long-billed Dowitcher

lifer 20251110 7:35am . Sungai Balang Paddyfields @ Johor

Long-billed Dowitcher

lifer 20251110 9:13am . Sungai Balang Paddyfields @ Johor

Long-billed Dowitcher

lifer 20251110 9:18am . Sungai Balang Paddyfields @ Johor

Brown-backed Needletail 褐背针尾雨燕 (indicus)

Order : Apodiformes 雨燕目

Family : Apodidae 雨燕科
Genus : Hirundapus 针尾雨燕属

Binomial name : Hirundapus giganteus - indicus

Brown-backed Needletail
褐背针尾雨燕

Size: 21~24.5cm
Habitat: Forested and open areas.
Behaviour: Has fast gliding flight, wings make loud whooshing sound when zooming overhead.
Status: Migrant
lifer: Oct2025 . Wang Kelian @ Kedah

 Brown-backed Needletail

lifer Oct2025 . Wang Kelian View Point @ Perlis

Birding Site - Selangor . Pulau Angsa

Pulau Angsa

Common Kingfisher

Sep2025

Pulau Angsa @ Selangor

Sep2025

Asian Soldier Crab 亚洲兵蟹

Class : Malacostraca 软甲纲
Order : Decapoda 十足目

Family : Mictyridae 毛帶蟹科
Genus : Mictyris 毛帶蟹属

Binomial name : Dotilla myctiroides

Asian Soldier Crab
亚洲兵蟹

Body Size : The body is up to 2.5cm
Habitat: sandy beaches and mudflats during low tide to feed.

Appearance: A small, grayish-brown sand bubbler crab with a rounded body, robust legs, and elongated eyes.

Habitat: This species prefers sandy substrates over muddy ones, inhabiting the lower regions of sandy beaches throughout tropical Asia. It has been documented in locations like Port Dickson.

Feeding: Similar to the blue soldier crab, it is a deposit feeder that filters organic matter from sand.

Burrowing: It creates burrows, sometimes called "igloos," by excavating sand and forming it into spherical pellets to build a circular wall. It burrows to protect itself from the tide and traps a small air bubble to breathe.

Asian Soldier Crab

Jan2024 . Selangor Sand Beach

Arctic Tern 北极燕鸥

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Laridae 燕鸥科
Genus : Sterna 燕鸥属

Binomial name : Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern
北极燕鸥

Size: 33~36cm

Habitat: Rarely seen away from breeding grounds on coastal islands or small ponds in the Arctic tundra. Migrates offshore, heading for wintering grounds in Southern Hemisphere.

Status: Vagrant
lifer: Sep2025 . Pantai Morib @ Selangor

left: Common  ,  center: Little  ,  right: Arctic

Arctic Tern (2CY)

lifer 20250929 12:57~1:18pm . Pantai Morib @ Selangor

Arctic Tern (2CY)

lifer 20251001 1:09pm . Pantai Morib @ Selangor

Birding Site - Kedah . Perak Island

 Birding Site - Kedah . Perak Island

Perak Island @ Kedah

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