Japan 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)

 

Greenshank - Tringa nebularia

 

Japanese (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)

 

Great [White] Egret - Egretta alba

 

Rainbow Bee-eater - Merops ornatus

 

Curlew Sandpiper - Calidris ferruginea

 

Marsh Sandpiper - Tringa stagnatilis (aka Little Greenshank)

 

Wood Sandpiper - Tringa glareola

 

Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos

 

Little Curlew - Numenius minutus (Numenius borealis)

 

Fork-tailed Swift - Apus pacificus

 

White-throated Needletail**- Hirundapus caudacutus

 

*Also included in the Threatened Migratory Waterbird Species in the Asian-Pacific Region

**Possibly occurs at Lake Cowal