We present our image index for Waders, providing quick links to some of the listed bird species, found in Australia. Many thanks to the contributors, who have shared their insights and photographs to our section on the Waders (class Aves).
Click on the thumbnail images to go to the page on each species of bird…
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Gruimorphae
- Order: Charadriiformes
Footnote & References
- AWSG — Australasian Wader Study Group, The Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG) was formed in 1981 as a special interest group of BirdLife Australia to coordinate and focus studies on waders, or shorebirds, in Australia and throughout their migration routes in the Asia Pacific, https://awsg.org.au/
- VWSG — Victorian Wader Study Group, The Victorian Wader Study Group (VWSG) began its activities in 1975. The VWSG’s primary objective is to conduct a long-term comprehensive study of waders and terns throughout Victoria. This is achieved primarily through capture and release of birds at key high tide roosts. The VWSG is a non-profit organisation and is made up of around 140 volunteers, https://vwsg.org.au/
- Stint Identification, by Melissa Hafting, 19 August 2017, Dare to Bird, https://daretobird.blogspot.com/2017/08/stint-identification.html
- Wader, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wader (last visited May 29, 2022)
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