Australian Snipes, Godwits, Curlews, Sandpipers
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FAMILY : Snipes, Godwits, Curlews, Whimbrels, Stints, Sandpipers
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Little Curlew
(Numenius minutus) |
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A medium-sized wading bird with longish neck and a down-curved bill. Pale brown and heavily-marked with darker brown. Head with a dark cap and a dark eye-line. Legs blue-grey. Bill dark, with the thicker half of lower bill pinkish. Juveniles similar... Click to continue> |
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Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus) |
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The Whimbrel is a medium-sized curlew, streaked brown, with dark streaks along the top of head. The bill is long and curved downward. Click to continue> |
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Grey Phalarope
(Phalaropus fulicaria) |
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Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus) |
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Ruff
(Philomachus pugnax) |
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Wilsons Phalarope
(Steganopus tricolor) |
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Common Greenshank
(Tringa nebularia) |
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Heavily-built wader with long, slightly upturned bill. Head and neck white, streaked with brown, grey and black (darker in breeding birds). Underside white; dark markings on upper breast and sides. Legs pale grey-green. In flight, upperwing dark and... Click to continue> |
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Common Redshank
(Tringa totanus) |
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Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa flavipes) |
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Marsh Sandpiper
(Tringa stagnatilis) |
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Spotted Redshank
(Tringa erythropus) |
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Wood Sandpiper
(Tringa glareola) |
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Terek Sandpiper
(Xenus cinereus) |
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