whimbrel

pikkukuovi A large migratory wading bird, Numenius phaeopus, of the family Scolopacidae, with a long downcurved bill.
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Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster|Flotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.