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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**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.