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Calidris ferruginea
"These birds are small waders, only slightly larger than dunlin at 19.5–21 cm in length, but differ from Dunlin in having a longer down-curved bill, longer neck and legs and a white rump. It forages in soft mud on marshes and the coast, mainly picking up food by sight. It mostly eats insects and other small invertebrates." ~wiki
spotted along the Gulf of Suez shore