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Photo by Tom Tarrant
South-eastern Queensland

Calidris tenuirostris

[edit] Identification

24-27cm
Breeding Adult

• Brown upperparts
• Whitish belly
• Breast heavily streaked with black
• Orange spots on scapulars

[edit] Distribution

Breeds north-eastern Siberia
Winters to India, South-East Asia, Philippines and Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic

[edit] Habitat

Sheltered coastal mudflats of estuaries, inlets, harbours, lagoons, mangrove swamps. Also on sandy bars & beaches near mudflats and fresh water marsh, and salt pans.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6

• List of references

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