Shorebirds

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

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ShoreBirds

Shorebirds (or waders) are typically birds of wetlands, from the taxonomic order Charadriiformes they include:

  • Stints
  • Stilts
  • Sandpipers
  • Curlews
  • Knots
  • Plovers
  • Avocets
  • Snipes
  • Godwits
  • Pratincoles
    (except gulls and terns from the family Laridae)
A total of 75 species of shorebirds occur in Australia (HANZAB list 2003), including:
  • 18 resident species
  • 36 migratory species
  • 22 vagrant species (occasionally recorded - less than five records annually)
 
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