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| Photographed on Chilli Beach, Queensland October 2015 |
684 GREATER SAND PLOVER aradrius leschenaultii
Australia (526)
Also known as Large Sand Dotterell or Large Sand Plover. 20-25 cm, wingspan 53-60 cm. Found on wide, sandy or shelly beaches; sandpits, tidal mudflats, reefs, sand-cays, mangroves, salt marsh, dune wilderness, bare paddocks, seldom far inland. Range: breeds (in three races) from Turkey to s. Siberia; regular summer migrant to Aust., Tas., commonest in nw WA, where fpcks of thousands.
