• • • Bird Hardhead Aythya australis Breed LC Coorong: variable but at times common/present. • • • Lower Lakes: rare Recorded Lock 1 to Bird Musk duck Biziura lobata Wellington/present. Breed LC r Coorong: not recorded recently/present. Lower • • Australasian Botaurus Lakes: rare Bird bittern poiciloptilus 2009/present. ? EN v Coorong: very common but Sharp-tailed recent marked NB • Bird sandpiper Calidris acuminata decline/present. Migrant m X X X LC Coorong: variable • population from common to NB Bird Sanderling absent/present. Migrant m X X X LC r Calidris alba Coorong: not present in NB • Bird red knot Calidris canutus most years/present. Migrant m X X X LC Coorong: marked decline/present. Decline • • 2004–2009 in Lake Alex, increase in Lake Albert in NB Bird Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea same period/present. Migrant m X X X LC Pectoral Coorong: rare not recorded • • Bird sandpiper Calidris melanotos since 2000/present. m X X LC r Coorong: large population but recent large decline/present. Trend • • variable but common in Lake Alex, marked increase Bird Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis in Lake Albert m X X X LC
Bird Hardhead Aythya australis Breed • • • LC Bird Musk duck Biziura lobata Coorong: variable but at times common/present. Lower Lakes: rare Recorded Lock 1 to Wellington/present. Breed • • • LC r Bird Australasian bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus Coorong: not recorded recently/present. Lower Lakes: rare ? • • EN v Bird Sharp-tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata Coorong: very common but recent marked decline/present. NB Migrant • m X X X LC Bird Sanderling Calidris alba Coorong: variable population from common to absent/present. NB Migrant • m X X X LC r Bird red knot Calidris canutus Coorong: not present in most years/present. NB Migrant • m X X X LC Bird Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Coorong: marked decline/present. Decline 2004–2009 in Lake Alex, increase in Lake Albert in same period/present. NB Migrant • • m X X X LC Bird Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos Coorong: rare not recorded since 2000/present. • • m X X LC r Bird Red-necked stint Calidris ruficollis Coorong: large population but recent large decline/present. Trend variable but common in Lake Alex, marked increase in Lake Albert • • m X X X LC 2009/present.
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