The Relationships between Morphological Characteristics and Foraging Behavior in Four Selected Species of Shorebirds and Water Birds Utilizing Tropical Mudflats

Table 3

Summary of bill size, average estimated probing depth, length of leg, average estimated water/mud depth per year, and average time spent foraging by shorebirds and water birds.

Species	Bill size (mm)	Estimated probing/; foraging depth (mm)	Length of the leg (mm)	Estimated water/; mud depth (mm)	Time spent foraging (s)
Little heron	75	24	98	27	1,130
Lesser adjutant	266.7	82	457.2	134	3,186
Whimbrel	84.6	41	119.8	22	2,085
Common redshank	42.8	33	99.2	38	1,280