English: Little Curlew       

Russian: Кроншнеп-малютка
Mongolian: Бичилхэн тутгалжин
German: Zwergbrachvogel
French: Courlis nain  
Japanese:  コシャクシギ (Koshaku-shigi) Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE

Body length: 29-32 cm
Wing span: 57-63 cm

Passage migrant
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 4 (occasionally 3, 5)
Egg colour: Dull olive with dark olive or olive-brown spots, specks
Brood:  1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least concern

Food: Terrestrial insects and larvae like grasshoppers, aquatic invertebrates.  

Habitat: During the autumn migration, flocks consisting of 4-300 individuals forage in dry steppe and feed on terrestrial insects and larvae like grasshoppers. High concentration of the species on migration was observed in eastern Mongolian plain. The flocks are also found on lake shores and banks of large rivers in the east while they are feeding on aquatic invertebrates.