Id Request - Akshi Beach, Maharashtra, India - 1 (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

Request id help for the following birds photographed in Dec 2022
1) Curlew Sandpiper?
2) Great Knot?
3) Greater crested tern?
4) Gull billed tern?
5) Heuglins tern?

 

[THE_FERN]

1: dunlin I think. Supercilium not very clear, bright; bill not smoothly curved (and not "very" long); wings at our slightly less than than tail length instead of slightly longer
3: bill colour (bright orange) and apparent slimness suggest lesser crested