CHINA and AUSTRALIA

MIGRATORY BIRD AGREEMENT

Migratory birds occurring or possibly occurring at Lake Cowal,

via West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

 

Cattle Egret - Ardeola ibis (Bubulcus ibis)

 

Lesser Golden Plover - Pluvialis dominica

 

Greenshank - Tringa nebularia

 

Latham’s Snipe* - Gallinago hardwickii (Capella hardwickii)

 

Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica

 

Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa

 

Red-necked Stint - Calidris ruficollis

 

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Calidris acuminata

 

Caspian Tern - Sterna caspia (Hydropogne tschegrava or Hydropogne caspia)

 

White-winged Black Tern - Childonias leucopterus

 

White-bellied Sea-eagle - Haliaeetus leucogaster

 

Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus

 

Great [White] Egret - Egretta alba

 

Painted Snipe - Rostratula benghalensis

 

Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea

 

Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis (aka Little Greenshank)

 

Wood Sandpiper - glareola

 

Little Curlew - Numenius minutus (Numenius borealis)

 

Fork-tailed Swift - Apus pacificus

 

Northern Shoveller** - Anas clypeata

 

Citrine Wagtail** - Motacilla citreola (aka Yellow-hooded of Yellow-headed Wagtail)

White-throated Needletail** - Hirundapus caudacutus

 

*Also known as the Japanese Snipe, included in the Threatened Migratory Waterbird Species in the Asia-Pacific Region

**Possibly occurs at Lake Cowal.