Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2437 20180913 - roosting with Pied Oystercatcher etc.
Notes: Stocky brown wader w. orange-red legs &
black-tipped red-based bill.
White rump and inner trailing edge to wings.
Tail finely barred black/white.
Often in mixed parties of other waders.
Uncommon summer migrant to coastal n. Aust.
Range from eBird©(last 10 years)
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2756 20180913 - with Whimbrel etc.
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2752 20180913 - Flying off, showing white rump, white trailing edge to inner wings,barred retrices. Nearby Black-tailed Godwit, Great Knots.
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2763 20180913
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2764 20180913 - CLICK to enlarge.
Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2436 20180913
location MVI_6666 20180909