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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2513-9894
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**FAR EASTERN CURLEW
Numenius madagascariensis
Endangered
Local name
Man Sibin (Sansundi).
Status
Palearctic migrant. Uncommon passage migrant to New
Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016)
. On Biak, seven at the tsunami swamp,
23 August 2019
(K. Behrens, eBird checklist S59190619). The first and only record on any Teluk Cenderawasih Island.