The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), also called the whale-headed stork, whalebill, and shoe-billed stork, is a large wading bird with long legs. It is named for its large, shoe-shaped bill. The bird has a body shape similar to storks and was once grouped with storks in the order Ciconiiformes.
The milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) is a type of stork that lives mainly in mangrove forests in Southeast Asia. It is found in Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. This bird belongs to the genus Mycteria, stands about 36 to 38 inches tall, has a wingspan of 17.1 to 19.7 inches, and a tail length of 5.7 to 6.7 inches.
The Chinese crested tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is a type of bird in the family Laridae. It serves as the county bird of Lienchiang County, Fuchien.
The relict gull, also known as the Central Asian gull (Ichthyaetus relictus), is a medium-sized bird. It was once thought to be an eastern race of the Mediterranean gull until 1971 and was originally grouped in the genus Larus.
Saunders’s gull (Saundersilarus saundersi), also called the Chinese black-headed gull, is a type of gull in the family Laridae. It lives in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Macau, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural homes are estuarine waters and intertidal marshes.
The Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large bird that looks similar to the long-billed curlew but is slightly bigger. Its body is mostly brown, and it can be told apart from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing and brown rump. It is not only the largest curlew but may also be the world’s largest sandpiper.
The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis), also called the northern curlew, is a type of curlew in the Scolopacidae family. It was once one of the most common shorebirds in the tundra of western Arctic Canada and Alaska. In the late 1800s, thousands of these birds were killed each year.
The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is a species of bird that is no longer alive. It once lived in parts of Eurasia and North Africa. Studies suggest most of the birds bred in the Kazakh Steppe, even though some were found in Siberian swamps.
The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a small bird that lives and lays eggs on the coasts of the Bering Sea. It travels to Southeast Asia during the winter. This species is in danger of becoming extinct.
The red knot, also known as Calidris canutus, is a medium-sized shorebird that lives in the tundra and Arctic Cordillera regions in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is one of the largest birds in the Calidris sandpiper family, second only to the great knot. Scientists have identified six different subspecies of this bird.