Asian Dowitcher

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Cairns Foreshore, FN Qld IMG_3838 20191102

Notes: Very uncommon. Similar to Bar-tailed Godwit but a little smaller, longer legged.
Long, straight, thick, dark bill deep at base, slightly swollen at tip (Juvenile: pale base).
Blackish legs. Summer migrant to Aust. Usually in godwit flocks. Larger tidal- & mud-flats.

Range from eBird^© (last 10 years)

Cairns Esplanade, FN Qld IMG_2684 20191029 - w. Bar-tailed Godwit Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1692 20191026 - w. Black-tailed Godwit Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_3440 20221004 - w. Great Knots. CLICK for w. Bar-tailed Godwits. Cairns Esplanade, S end, FN Qld IMG_1556 20191025 - CLICK for another pic. Crab Ck, Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_3929 20180920 - w. Great Knot on left Cairns Esplanade, FN Qld IMG_2923 20191031 - w. Curlew Sandpipers & Great Knots Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_3845 20191102 - w. Bar-tailed & Black-tailed Godwits Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld MVI_1580+2+6 20191025 Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_3404 20221004 - with Bar-tailed Godwits.

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