Hudsonian Whimbrel

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8293 20211123 - conspicuous pale supercilium ending in white loral spot,
contrasting dark eye stripe & pale face below.

Notes: Medium-sized curlew. Plumage mainly greyish brown, fringed & spotted along edges pale
buff; long curved bill; dark crown w. pale central stripe; conspicuous pale supercilium ending in
white loral spot, contrasting dark eye stripe & pale face below. Rump colour uniform w. upperparts.
Underparts pale buff; neck & breast streaked w. dark brown; axillaries barred, abdomen pale &
mostly unmarked. Cf Eurasian Whimbrel which has pale rump, less obvious supercilium, ...

Range from Wikipedia: Birdlife International 2016.

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8228 20211123 - with two Eastern Curlew. CLICK for view with Pacific Gull and Eastern Curlew.

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8421 20211123 - landing in front of Eastern Curlew. Striped, buff, underwing, rump
uniform colouring with upperparts.

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8296 20211123

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8481 20211123 - roosting on mangrove; about to fly to another. CLICK to see
taking off - note dark, not pale, rump.

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8535 20211123- dark, not white, rump evident.

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8299 20211123 - moving to the left and feeding.

Toora Bird Hide, S Gippsland, SE Vic IMG_8463 20211123 - roosting on top of a mangrove.