Shorebird observations at Ashmore Reef by the Australian Wader Survey Group, Australia (1998-2003) ...

• Main Author: Swann, George
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC) 2023
• Subjects: Occurrence; Observation; East Island; Middle Island; Middle Islands; Ruddy Turnstone; Sanderling
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/8fdhqg; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/90e87dae-1091-469b-b70e-a6ad6be9268b

Ashmore Reef (123ºE 12ºS) is a small group of islets and reefs in the Timor Sea some 450 km north-east of the Kimberley, WA coast. Of the 21 species of shorebirds identified, five were found in internationally significant numbers. These were Grey-tailed Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderling, Greater...