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Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Sales Professional with great love for nature, collecting various birds on my camera, fighting for conservation of nature. My wife,Gaythri Devi also sharing similar interests and also being a better photographer, you can find us on Sundays in some jungle!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Wood Sandpiper


Tringa glareola 18-21cm
Pori Mankothi in Tamil (பொறி மண்கொத்தி)
Widespread winter visitor. White rump and dark upperwing lacks wing bar. Yellowish legs, prominent supercilium, and heavily spotted upperparts. Soft chiff-if-if flight call. Freshwater and coastal wetlands.

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