Birds of Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet

COMMON NAME: Far Eastern Curlew

Far Eastern Curlews are large waders with a distinctive long de-curved bill.

They feed on the mudflats at Shallow Inlet and can be observed resting in a group by the water’s edge on the spit.

They are designated as Critically Endangered as their numbers are plummeting. This has been witnessed locally: 85 Far Eastern Curlews spent the summer of 2023 around Sandy Point, while records from 1983 documented 622.

*These Local Notes are provided by
Leanne Cusack & Diane Carpenter

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For more information about this bird’s identification, as well as its song or call, location, habitat, behaviour, feeding, breeding, and conservation status, visit …

Species profile on Atlas of Living Australia

GALLERY photos taken in and around Sandy Point & Shallow Inlet.

*Photographed by Leanne Cusack (unless otherwise credited)

Photo by Michelle Fitzgibbon

Far Eastern Curlews with a Greater Crested Tern overhead, on the spit

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