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Red-necked StintAlternative names: "Red-necked Sandpiper" Size: 13-16 cm Weight: 20-50 g |
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Classification
Distribution
Sightings
Photos
Breeding
Nest
Eggs
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Taxonomy, classification |
See Red-necked Stint
at Wikipedia 
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Range, habitat, finding this species |
(for details refer to a field guide) |
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Sightings |
A small flock of Red-necked Stints was seen by us at Bundjalung NP, near Iluka, northern NSW, in February 2012.
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Photos |
Frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in breeding plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in transitional plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Here one Red-necked Stint stretches a wing, exposing the upperwing pattern
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Dorsal view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Two Red-necked Stints in non-breeding plumage taking a bath
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Small group of Red-necked Stints resting together with
Ruddy
Turnstones
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Dorsal view of a Red-necked Stints at take-off, displaying its
upperwing pattern (photo courtesy of R. Druce)
[Goran Lake, NSW, December 2012]
Dorsal view of a (small flock of) Red-necked Stint(s) in flight
(photo courtesy of R. Druce)
[Goran Lake, NSW, December 2012]
Red-necked Stints in flight in a small flock, together with
Red-capped Plovers and
Sharp-tailed Sandpipers
[Goran Lake, NSW, October 2012]
"Assortment" of waders, with two Lesser Sandplovers in near-breeding
plumage (centre and front left), one Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage
(front right), a second Ruddy Turnstone in non-breeding
plumage (front centre), one Greater Sand Plover in breeding
plumage (centre right) and a second Greater Sand Plover in non-breeding
plumage (towards the
back right); on the right and front right there are also two
Red-necked Stints
(the smallest birds in the photo) in non-breeding plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, March 2013]
