Friday, November 26, 2021

HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL

Photographed at Toora, Victoria, November 2012


1314                  HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL                    Numenius hudsonicus       

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS                    799

Also known as the American Whimbrel. Migratory bird, wintering on the coasts in southern North America and South America. Roosts in mangroves. Feeds on small invertebrates and crabs in the soft tidal mud; feeds on berries before migration.

NOTE:   This would be a first record for Australia.








 

1 comment:

  1. A special find but will you remember Hudsonian Whimbrel more or less than no 800?

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