wry-bill

Japanese: wry-bill(英語表記)wrybill
wry-bill

...They often live in flocks outside the breeding season, sometimes with other species or with mixed flocks of snipes. There are few species with particularly unusual shapes or habits, but the New Zealand wry-bill, Anarhynchus frontalis , has all the tips of its beak curved to the right. There are 12 species recorded in Japan, but only five breed: the Little Ringed Plover (illustration), the Siberian Plover (illustration), the Grey-streaked Plover (illustration), and the Lapwing (illustration). Of these, the Little Ringed Plover, the Siberian Plover, and the Grey-streaked Plover are resident or migratory birds and can be seen all year round, but the Little Ringed Plover is mostly a summer bird, with a small number spending the winter in Kyushu and Okinawa, and the Grey-streaked Plover is a small breeding bird and is mostly a winter bird. ...

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Japanese:

…繁殖期以外には群れをつくることが多く,他の種またはシギ類との混群もつくる。とくに変わった形や習性をもつ種は少ないが,ニュージーランドのハシマガリチドリAnarhynchus frontalis(英名wry‐bill)はくちばしの先がすべて右側へ曲がっている。 日本には12種の記録があるが,繁殖するものはコチドリ(イラスト),イカルチドリ(イラスト),シロチドリ(イラスト),ケリ(イラスト),タゲリ(イラスト)の5種で,このうちイカルチドリ,シロチドリ,ケリは留鳥または漂鳥で一年中見られるが,コチドリは大部分夏鳥で,少数が九州や沖縄で越冬し,タゲリは繁殖数は少なく,大部分は冬鳥である。…

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