The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
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journal article
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10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
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GREY-TAILED TATTLER
Tringa brevipes
#
Local names
Man Awèr, Man Do Marmèr (Sansundi).
Range
Biak, Supiori, Owi.
Status
Palearctic migrant. Common passage migrant and winter resident throughout coastal New
Guinea (Bishop 2006)
. On Biak and Supiori obtained by two collectors including Ripley (
Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939
) and a handful of recent records in September‒ November with a max. of three at the tsunami swamp.
21 March 1993
: a group of six on mudflats (
J. Diamond
&
KDB
).
13 January 1994
: seven on
Owi
(
P. Gregory
in litt
. 2000).