Totanus damacensis Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1821), 13, 192.
Limonites damacensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24,
553; Hand-List (1899), 1, 163; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 28.
Pisobia damacensis A. O. U. Committee, Auk (1908), 35, 367.
Basilan (McGregor); Luzon (Heriot); Mindanao (Mearns); Palawan
(Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). Japan, eastern Siberia,
islands of Bering Sea, China to northeastern Bengal; in winter
Burma to Australia.
"Adult male in winter plumage.--Similar to the winter plumage of
L. minuta and L. ruficollis, but darker than either of them, with
the head and neck much more thickly spotted with black, and the
lower throat and fore neck very distinctly streaked or mottled with
brown. The species can of course be distinguished from both of the
above species by its long toes.
"Adult male in summer plumage.--Almost exactly similar to L. minuta,
but easily distinguished by the length of the middle toe and the
color of the legs. Length, 132; culmen, 178; wing, 86; tail, 36;
tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 23.
"Adult female.--Similar to the male in plumage. 'Bill blackish,
olive-brown at base of lower jaw; feet grayish yellow, with joints
darker olive; iris dark brown.' (Stejneger.)" (Sharpe.)