Status of
shorebirds in the Pumicestone Region
The following
checklist presents the status of the 42 species of shorebird that have been recorded in the
Pumicestone Region. Several other species have been claimed but the records have
not been confirmed or accepted.
Note that summer and
winter refer to the Austral summer and winter. Summer visitors start to trickle
in by the end of July, with most arriving in August and September. A few may
leave the following March but most leave during April. Note that lower numbers
of some of these species usually remain throughout the winter. Our only winter
visitor, the Double-banded Plover, arrives between the end of March and the end
of April, and departs the following August or September.
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Species
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Status
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Comb-crested
Jacana
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Common resident
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Australian
Painted Snipe
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Very rare
visitor
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Australian Pied
Oystercatcher
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Very common
resident
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Sooty
Oystercatcher
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Uncommon
resident
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Black-winged
Stilt *
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Very common
resident
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Red-necked
Avocet **
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Uncommon
nomadic visitor
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Bush
Stone-curlew
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Uncommon
resident
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Beach
Stone-curlew
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Rare resident
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Banded Lapwing
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Very rare
visitor
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Masked Lapwing
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Very common
resident
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Red-kneed
Dotterel
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Uncommon
resident
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Pacific Golden
Plover
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Common summer
visitor
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Grey Plover
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Red-capped
Plover
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Very common
resident
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Double-banded
Plover
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Uncommon winter
visitor
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Lesser Sand
Plover
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Common summer
visitor
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Greater Sand
Plover
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Common summer
visitor
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Hooded Plover
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Extremely rare
visitor
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Black-fronted
Dotterel
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Common resident
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Latham's Snipe
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Common summer
visitor
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Asian Dowitcher
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Very rare
summer visitor
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Black-tailed
Godwit
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Bar-tailed
Godwit
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Very common
summer visitor
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Whimbrel
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Very common
summer visitor
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Eastern Curlew
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Very common
summer visitor
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Marsh Sandpiper
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Common
Greenshank
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Common summer
visitor
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Wood Sandpiper
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Very rare
summer visitor
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Terek Sandpiper
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Common summer
visitor
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Common
Sandpiper
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Grey-tailed
Tattler
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Common summer
visitor
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Wandering
Tattler
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Common summer
visitor
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Great Knot
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Very common
summer visitor
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Red Knot
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Sanderling
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Uncommon summer
visitor
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Red-necked
Stint
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Very common
summer visitor
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Pectoral
Sandpiper
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Very rare
summer visitor
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Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper
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Very common
summer visitor
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Curlew
Sandpiper
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Very common
summer visitor
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Broad-billed
Sandpiper
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Rare summer
visitor
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Ruff
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Very rare
summer visitor
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* The form of Black-winged
Stilt that occurs in Australia is considered by some authorities to be a
distinct species, White-headed Stilt.
** Although
Red-necked Avocets are uncommon to rare in the Pumicestone Passage, they
sometimes occur in reasonable numbers in Deception Bay.
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