Vik's Gallery:   Wood Sandpiper (1/3)

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Tringa glareola  

Brett Lane in Shorebirds in Australia* says the Wood Sandpiper "rarely occurs on the coast".

This bird at Muloorina Station near Lake Eyre was not contradicting that statement.

*Lane, Brett A (1987). Shorebirds in Australia. Nelson Publishers, p.95.