NORDMANN’S GREENSHANK

Photographed in Cairns, Queensland, January 2021

1310               NORDMANN'S GREENSHANK                    Tringa guttifer

AUSTRALIA                    795

Also known as Spotted Greenshank. Breeds in eastern Russia along south-west and northern coast of Sea of Okhotsk and on Sakhalin Island. Non-breeding range not fully understood but recorded in South Korea, mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia, as well as Japan, North Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia. Endangered species with population estimated at between 500-1000 birds. 

 

COMMON GREENSHANK

Photographed March 2017

(*  417)                    COMMON GREENSHANK                Tringa nebularia

SRI LANKA                    60

Found in almost all types of wetlands. 30-34 cm. Rather common winter migrant to the lowlands, more in dry zone.

COMMON GREENSHANK

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

 (*  417)                  COMMON GREENSHANK            Tringa nebularia

NEPAL           113

Found in wide range of wetlands. 30-34 cm. Mainly a common winter visitor.

COMMON GREENSHANK

Photographed in Singapore (Sungei Buloh Wetlands) November 2016.

(see     417)         COMMON GREENSHANK                Tringa nebularia

SINGAPORE (Sungei Buloh Wetlands)                  (93)

Common migrant to coastal mudflats, sandy beaches, rocky shores and occasionally wet grasslands and ponds with fringing vegetation. 32 cm. Distribution: breeds across N Eurasia, from Scandinavia to E Russia; winters in Africa, Middle East and Indian sub-continent, east to S China, Southeast Asia and Australia.

COMMON GREENSHANK

417         COMMON GREENSHANK                Tringa nebularia

Australia          (291)

30-34 cm. Found on mudflats, estuaries, salt marshes, margins of lakes, wetlands, claypans, fresh and saline, commercial salt fields, sewerage ponds. Breeds from Scotland to s. and ne. Siberia, winters s. Europe, Africa, s. and se. Asia to PNG, Aust and NZ; in Australia mostly on coast of Tasmania and mainland but also inland except to driest central WA, sw NT, nw SA.

Darwin January 2024