Shorebirds

Shorebirds (or waders) are typically birds of wetlands, from the taxonomic order

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Shorebirds under threat

As the human population continues to increase, overlap between human activities and shorebird habitat – coastal beaches, bays, estuaries, mudflats, inland lakes, lagoons and dams - intensifies. The loss and degradation of breeding, feeding and roosting habitats for shorebirds are the key issues faced by conservation practitioners in Australia and along the flyway.
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Shorebirds, also known as waders, are seen feeding around the edges of
coastal beaches and shorelines, estuaries and mudflats, or inland lakes,
lagoons and dams. While most frequent coastal or inland wetlands,
a few species occur in grasslands, farmland and bushland.
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Monitoring Volunteers Needed

.We want to hear from anyone with an interest in shorebirds and shorebird conservation, or who would like to learn more about these amazing birds.


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Shorebird 2006 Flyway Popn. Estimate 1% threshold
Common Snipe 100 000-1 000 000 1 000
Japanese Snipe  36 000  360
Swinhoe's Snipe  25 000-100 000  250
Solitary Snipe  10 000-100 000  100
Pintail Snipe  25 000-1 000 000  250
Eurasian Woodcock  25 000-1 000 000  250
Black-tailed Godwit  160 000 1 600
Bar-tailed Godwit*  325 000 3 250
Little Curlew  180 000 1 800
Whimbrel  100 000 1 000
Eurasian Curlew  40 000  400
Eastern Curlew  38 000  380
Spotted Redshank  25 000-100 000  250
Common Redshank*  75 000  750
Marsh Sandpiper  100 000-1 000 000 1 000
Common Greenshank  60 000  600
Spotted Greenshank  1 000  10
Green Sandpiper  25 000-100 000  250
Wood Sandpiper  100 000-1 000 000 1 000
Terek Sandpiper  60 000  600
Common Sandpiper  25 000-100 000  250
Grey-tailed Tattler  50 000  500
Ruddy Turnstone  35 000  350
Asian Dowitcher  24 000  240
Great Knot  375 000 3 750
Red Knot  220 000 2 200
Sanderling  22 000  220
Red-necked Stint  325 000 3 250
Long-toed Stint  25 000  250
Temminck's Stint  10 000-100 000 1 000
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  160 000 1 600
Dunlin  950 000-2 750 000  950
Curlew Sandpiper  180 000 1 800
Spoon-billed Sandpiper  4 000  40
Broad-billed Sandpiper  23 000  230
Red-necked Phalarope  100 000-1 000 000 1 000
Asian Painted Snipe  10 000-100 000  100
Pheasant-tailed Jacana  25 000-100 000  250
Eurasian Oystercatcher  25 000  250
Black-winged Stilt  25 000-100 000  250
Pied Avocet  25 000-100 000  250
Pacific Golden Plover  100 000-1 000 000 1 000
Grey Plover  125 000 1 250
Little Ringed Plover*  25 000  250
Kentish Plover*  110 000 1 100
Double-banded Plover  50 000  500
Lesser Sand Plover*  140 000 1 400
Greater Sand Plover  110 000 1 100
Long-billed Plover  <10 000  100
Oriental Plover  70 000  700
Grey-headed Lapwing 25 000-100 000  250
Northern Lapwing  100 000-1 000 000 1 000
Oriental Pratincole 2 880 000 20 000
Australian Pratincole  60 000  600
 
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