Terek Sandpiper

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Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_7768 20231112 - CLICK for another pic.

Notes: Long, slightly upturned black bill w. orange base. Short yellow-orange legs. Prominent
dark scapular bar not obvious on non-breeding or immature. Body smaller than Grey-tailed
Tattler. White trailing edge to secondaries, black edge to primaries. Gregarious summer migrant
from Siberia to coastal mudflats.

Range from Morcombe^©

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_2720 20240402 - breeding plumage (black patches on scapulas) CLICK for non-
breeding and breeding plumage birds on 20240416.

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1867 20240328 - non-breeding plumage CLICK for another pic.

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_9111 20231024 - always busy. CLICK for a pair.

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_3990 20210303 - w. Siberian & Greater Sand Plovers. CLICK for one w. Greater Sand Plover
on 20180523.

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_9883+9885 20180328 - white trailing edge to secondaries, black edge to primaries.
CLICK for one flying on Redden Island, Cairns: 20231204.

Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_3567 20180917 - w. Ruddy Turnstone

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5208 20231006 - in the mangroves. CLICK for another pic.

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_2192 20210304 - Terek Sandpiper w. Great Knots, Curlew Sandpipers, a Grey-tailed Tattler
& a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. CLICK for one active on 20231211.

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1858 20240328 - searching

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_5085 20210309 - bathing w. a Red-necked Stint

Cairns Foreshore, FNE Qld IMG_0977 20191023 - feeding w. Red-necked Stints