Saturday, October 22, 2016

MARSH SANDPIPER

Photographed at a salt farm in north-west Bali October 2016
(415)              MARSH SANDPIPER                   Tringa stagnatilis  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (60)        

Found on tidal mudflats, around prawn ponds and sometimes on freshwater wetlands. 23 cm. Distribution: breeds in central and northern Asia; migrates south reaching Australia; locally common passage migrant and winter visitor in Sumatra and Kalimantan; less numerous in the east.


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