CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Limicola falcinellus  

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Werribee, VIC (Mar, 2012)

Broad-billed Sandpiper at Western Treatment Plant, Werribee.

It was feeding in a pond with several hundred Red-necked Stints, plus several Curlew Sandpipers and a few Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper with friends

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper in flight

Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

Broad-billed Sandpiper