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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 44
Very common in freshwater marshes, wet rice fields and mangroves, and where swamp forest has been newly cleared. 23 cm. Non-breeding migrant through Peninsula Malaysia.
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Monday, June 5, 2017
WOOD SANDPIPER
MALAYSIA 44
Very common in freshwater marshes, wet rice fields and mangroves, and where swamp forest has been newly cleared. 23 cm. Non-breeding migrant through Peninsula Malaysia.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
WOOD SANDPIPER
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| March 2017 |
SRI LANKA 174
Found in wet paddy fields, marshes and weedy tanks; mainly freshwater. 18-21 cm. Fairly common migrant to the lowlands, more in dry zone, and rarely in the hills.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
WOOD SANDPIPER
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| Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016 |
(See 492) WOOD SANDPIPER Triganda glareola
INDONESIA (Bali) (39)
Most numerous and widespread shorebird in Indonesia; found on tidal mudflats and on freshwater marshes far inland. 20 cms. Breeds in northern Eurasia, migrates south, reaching Australia; common passage migrant and winter visitor throughout Indonesia.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
WOOD SANDPIPER
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| 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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