photographed at Dandenong Valley Wetlands, February 2015 |
492 WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola
AUSTRALIA (333)
20-23 cm. Ranges all over mainland Australia, sparse in inland, rarely found in Tasmania; breeds in n. Eurasia to ne. Siberia, migrates to Australia in summer. Found ion muddy margins of wetlands, tidal mangroves; margins of tidal flats; saltmarshes, sewerage ponds.
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