Kohutapu - Sharp-tailed sandpiper - Calidris acuminata
Photographed at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand.
"One of our Arctic migrant species, until the 1990s, up to 200 sharp-tailed sandpipers visited New Zealand each summer, and could be found in flocks of 5-10 birds at favoured estuaries and wetlands scattered throughout the country. Their numbers have since plummeted, and perhaps as few as 30 birds are now reaching New Zealand each year (www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz)"
Kohutapu - Sharp-tailed sandpiper - Calidris acuminata
Photographed at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, New Zealand.
"One of our Arctic migrant species, until the 1990s, up to 200 sharp-tailed sandpipers visited New Zealand each summer, and could be found in flocks of 5-10 birds at favoured estuaries and wetlands scattered throughout the country. Their numbers have since plummeted, and perhaps as few as 30 birds are now reaching New Zealand each year (www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz)"