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| Photographed(bird in the middle) at Broome Bird Observatory, September 2016 |
807 ASIAN DOWITCHER Limnodromus semipalmatus
Australia (651)
Also known as Asiatic Dowitcher. 33-36 cm; female larger, longer bill. Found on tidal mudflats, beaches, commercial salt fields, sewerage ponds. Breeds in c. and e. Siberia, Mongolia, ne China: winters from Persian Gulf to coastal mudflats of Indonesia. Scarce but regular summer migrant to coastal n. Aust. (Sept-April); mostly abundant from Top End (NT) to Port Hedland (WA). Casual elsewhere.
