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 1 3 62 journal article 298463 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2 6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409 2513-9894 11642130 805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D **SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER Calidris acuminata Status Palearctic migrant. Common passage migrant in New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . Recorded on Biak as follows. 10 November 2017 : five (A. Walker, eBird checklist S 46415319); 14 November 2017 : six (A. Walker, eBird checklist S 46415753; Fig. 9 ); 23 August 2019 : eight (K. Behrens, eBird checklist S 59190619); 26 September 2019 : ten (P. Lansley, eBird checklist S88251028), all at the tsunami swamp.