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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COMMON SANDPIPER
Actitis hypoleucos
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Local name
Man Do Marmèr (Sansundi).
Range
Biak, Supiori, Owi, Numfor, Yapen.
Status
Palearctic migrant. Common Palearctic migrant to New
Guinea (Bishop 2006)
. Regular in small numbers in most coastal habitats on Biak and Supiori.
20 January 1954
: Hoogerheide collected one at mudflats near Jediboer on the south coast;
14 February 1954
: a second specimen from Mokmer, also on the south coast (
Junge 1956
);
13 January 1994
: five on Owi (P. Gregory
in litt
. 2000).