鹬鸟,是我国南方一种常见的涉禽,属鸻行目,鹬科。种类很多,体型差异较大,羽毛多为灰、黄、褐等平淡色调,并密缀细碎斑纹,喙部细长而直,间亦向上或向下弯曲,足都较长,适于涉行浅水、泽地。鹬鸟常栖息于近水的沼泽、湿地、水稻田及滨水草边,在沼泽、河川周围的草丛中造巢,其巢穴简陋,选择一处干燥凹地,履些柴草即可。喜欢群居生活,常20-30只甚至近百只集于一群。若有一只同伴遭遇不幸,群鸟便马上停止前进和觅食,而集于受难者的上空盘旋 Sandpiper bird, is a common wading bird in southern China, is a shrew, taxa Branch. Many types, body size differences, feathers and more ashes, yellow, brown and other light colors, and dense decorated with fine markings, beak slender and straight, also up or down between the bending, foot longer, suitable for the conduct Shallow water, sunny. Sandpipers often habitat in the swamps, wetlands, paddy fields and waterfront edge of the near water, nesting in the marsh, the grass around the river, the nest is simple, choose a dry well, to catch firewood can be. Like social life, often 20-30 or nearly a hundred gathered in a group. If a companion suffers misfortune, the flocks of birds stop moving and foraging immediately, and circling over the victims