CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Tringa glareola  

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Muloorina Station, SA (Aug, 2011)

Brett Lane in Shorebirds in Australia* says the Wood Sandpiper "rarely occurs on the coast".

This bird at Muloorina Station near Lake Eyre was not contradicting that statement.


*Lane, Brett A (1987). Shorebirds in Australia. Nelson Publishers, p.95.

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

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Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Wood Sandpiper