Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_2079 20171226 - three. CLICK for one w. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 20181218.
Notes: Slender if standing tall, plump if hunched down.
Long fine black legs, long down-curved
black bill, long white supercilium,
white rump patch & wing bar. Breeding adult mainly rufous,
like larger
Red Knot. Juvenile peach-buff wash across
breast when fresh, white-scalloped
upperparts. Migrant from Arctic Siberia.
Mostly on tidal flats, also inland wetlands.
Range from Morcombe©
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_3289 20200830 - partial breeding plumage
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_3137 20191101 - CLICK for another: 20231207.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_7121 20221114
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1553 20230920 - one w. some colour. CLICK for 4 with Great Knot on left.
Dunne Road Swamp, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6463 20221101 - flying, showing white rump & wing-bar; Sharp-tailed Sandpipers
CLICK for one Richards Point, Roebuck Bay, NW WA 20180913.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_0879 20231105 CLICK for one w. Great Knots the next day.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_2012 20201120
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_3780 20191102 - in front of Great Knot.
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2474 20220916 - Adult on right, juvenile on left showing white-scalloped upperparts,
hint of buff wash across breast.
Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_3291 20200830 - partial breeding plumage, w. Sharp-tailed Sandpipers.
Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld MVI_9338 20191201
Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_2792 20230925