CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Calidris melanotos  

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
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© Vik Dunis 2008
Werribee, VIC (Oct, 2008)

Not the big black and white thing with the long pink legs, that's a Black-winged Stilt. No, look at the smudgy area below the stilt's knees, that's the Pectoral Sandpiper.

Honest.

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)

Pectoral Sandpiper