Thailand

Siberian Sand Plover

Five subspecies identified...breeds in
north-eastern Siberia...winters in east
Africa, south Asia and Australasia
...rare vagrant in western Europe.

Anarhynchus mongolus

(L 7.5-8.3")

Khok Kham salt fields

26Mar2016

Anarhynchus is Greek for backwards
bill; mongolus is after Mongolia.

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