And of course Phalaropes have taken "wading" to the opposite extreme, as
they are often/usually found swimming!
On 17/01/2008, Chris Sanderson <> wrote:
>
> And lets not forget Oriental Plover, Oriental Pratincole and Australian
> Pratincole. Actually, when you think about it there's an awful lot of
> non-wading waders...
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 2:32 PM, <> wrote:
>
> >
> > The terms Shorebirds and Waders all have reference to water, but birds
> > like Little Curlew, Ibis species, as well as the other 3 species
> > previously mentions(dotterel, lapwing and plains wanderer), all can be
> > found 100's of kilometres from water. Perhaps a more common element is
> > wide expanse's or sparse vegetation. We could call them Plainbirds, but
> > i'm sure they wouldn't appreciate being called plain ; )
> >
> >
> >
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