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| photographs at Cittaway on the Tuggerah Lakes, October, 2014. |
255 SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER Calidris acuminata
Australia (238)
17-21 cm, males larger. Breeds in Arctic Siberia, migrates to s and se Asia, PNG, sw Pacific islands, NZ and sub-Antartic islands; widespread summer migrant to coastal and inland Australia. Found on tidal mudflats, salt marshes, mangroves, ponds and salt fields.
