Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Family Scolopacidae
Critically Endangered — AUS: Critically Endangered, ACT: Critically Endangered, NSW: Critically Endangered, QLD: Critically endangered, VIC: Critically Endangered, SA: Endangered, WA: CR, NT: Critically Endangered, Bonn: Listed, CAMBA: Listed, JAMBA: Listed, ROKAMBA: Listed
About
The curlew sandpiper is a small wader. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in the bogs and coastal lowlands of the Siberian Arctic, arriving there in June and staying until August or September. After the breeding season, it migrates south to spend the winter in Africa and along the coasts of Oceania and southern Eurasia, occupying tidal mudflats and saltpans.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Canunda National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 1981) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Canunda National Park — Flinders Ranges & Outback SA hikes