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Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) Size: 24-27 cm

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Taxonomy, classification

See Grey-tailed Tattler at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat

(for details refer to a field guide)

Grey-tailed Tattlers migrate from the north around the entire Australian seaboard. They mostly stay along the north coast (in particular the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Coral Sea, but also the north-west and east coasts. They are only occasionally found along the south coast and the coastline of Tasmania. Grey-tailed Tattlers do not venture into the Australian interior.

Grey-tailed Tattlers are found around coastal waters, in mangrove swamps, but also rocky environments and in mudflats around river estuaries.

Sightings

A group of Grey-tailed Tattlers was first spotted by us at Urunga Heads, NSW, in January 2011. They were observed in the mangrove marshland of an estuary. Seen at the same location in February 2012.

Photos

Grey-tailed Tattlers in bright sunlight

Here a bird in a shady spot, giving it a more greyish appearance

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