Sunday, October 16, 2016

WHIMBREL

Photographed in Senur, Bali October 2016 
(see   133)                WHIMBREL             Numinous phaepus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (32)        

Widespread and numerous shorebird. Found onmudflats, mangroves and estuaries, as well as sandy shores and coral reefs; occasionally in freshwater marshes and fields behind the coast. 43 cm. Range: Worldwide: breeds in temperate northern hemisphere winters in the south; common passage and winter visitor throughout Indonesia.



















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