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Aug 15 |
Knots, Sandpipers+ |
Little Stint |
2103 Views |
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The Great knot – Calidris tenuirostris is a medium sized wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder in the far E Asian Arctic and migrates S to SE Asia and Australasia. In the AWB Region it winters along the...
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Aug 15 |
Sandpipers+, Turnstones |
Little Stint |
2136 Views |
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The Ruddy turnstone – Arenaria interpres is a small wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a Holarctic summer breeder which migrates S to the Tropics and Oceania. In the AWB Region it is present on Passage along the coasts...
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Aug 11 |
Godwits, Sandpipers+ |
Little Stint |
2104 Views |
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The Black-tailed godwit – Limosa limosa is a large wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a summer breeder in N Eurasia and winters in S Europe, Africa, SW Asia, S Asia, SE Asia and Australia. In the AWB Region it winters...
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Aug 11 |
Godwits, Sandpipers+ |
Little Stint |
2333 Views |
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The Bar-tailed godwit – Limosa lapponica is a large wader of the family Scolopacidae. It is a High Arctic breeder across Eurasia into Alaska. It migrates S in the winter to mostly Tropical Coastlines. In the AWB Region it...
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Aug 11 |
Curlews, Sandpipers+ |
Little Stint |
2181 Views |
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The Eurasian curlew – Numenius arquata is a large wader of the family Scolopacidae. It has an extensive northern Eurasian breeding range and migrates S to Temperate and Tropical mainly coastal regions of the Old World. In...
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Aug 10 |
Sandpipers+, Stints |
Little Stint |
2036 Views |
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The Little Stint – Calidris minuta, is a very small wader of the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in the High Arctic Region of Europe and Asia and is a long distance migrant to Africa and South Asia, mostly India. In the AWB...
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Aug 10 |
Sandpipers+, Whimbrels |
Little Stint |
2178 Views |
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The Whimbrel – (Numenius phaeopus) is a largish Wader of the family Scolopacidae. It has a Holarctic distribution wintering south to Tropical coastlines worldwide. In the AWB Region it is noticeable on passage in the S...
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Aug 10 |
Sandpipers+, Scolopacidae |
Little Stint |
2071 Views |
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The family Scolopacidae – sandpipers+ or Scolopacidae – sandpipers and allies is a large diverse family of small/medium sized Waders of the Order Charadriiformes. Scolopacidae - sandpipers+ contains the following...
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Aug 10 |
Columbidae, Pigeons+ |
Little Stint |
2106 Views |
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Columbidae – Pigeons+ is a family of medium sized Land birds consisting of Pigeons and Doves, generally speaking recently there has been a trend to rationalise the use of the two names by calling the larger birds pigeons...
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Aug 8 |
Jacanas, Jacanas+ |
Little Stint |
2147 Views |
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The Pheasant-tailed jacana – (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is the largest jacana and a Wader of the family Jacanidae. It is native to S and SE Asia but is also partially migratory. In the AWB Region it is a winter visitor to...