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Red-necked StintAlternate name(s): "Red-necked Sandpiper" Size: 13-16 cm; wing span 35-38 cm Weight: 15-50 g |
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ADULT |
Sex unknown |
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BREEDING |
Frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in near-breeding
plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in near-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, March 2013]
Near-dorsal view of a Red-necked Stint moulting into fresh
breeding plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Nudgee Beach, QLD, February 2018]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in worn
plumage
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, August 2013]
The same Red-necked Stint as above, now seen stretching
(photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, August 2013]
Frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in transitional
plumage
that is just starting to moult into breeding
plumage
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
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NON-BREEDING |
Frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]
Frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
[Lee Point beach, Darwin, NT, August 2014]
Near-frontal view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, January 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, January 2023]
Near-lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, January 2017]
Near-lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Nudgee Beach, QLD, November 2018]
Close-up lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Port of Brisbane Wader Roost, Brisbane, QLD, December 2018]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Government Lake, Rottnest Island, WA, February 2016]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
foraging in shallow water (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Government Lake, Rottnest Island, WA, February 2016]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
foraging in shallow water (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Flat Rock, Ballina, NSW, February 2019]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage;
note how the characteristic small hind toe is clearly visible
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, January 2017]
Lateral view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage;
note how the characteristic small hind toe is clearly visible
(photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, January 2017]
Lateral view of two Red-necked Stints in non-breeding
plumage,
one of which with very worn feathers
(photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Port of Brisbane Wader Roost, Brisbane, QLD, December 2018]
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]
Near-dorsal view of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
resting in wheat chaff
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, February 2022]
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]
Comparison of a Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage (left)
with a Red-capped Plover
in non-breeding plumage,
on the right; note the similar sizes (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, March 2013]
Comparison of Red-necked Stints in non-breeding
plumage, left,
with a Sanderling
in non-breeding plumage,
on the right; note the difference in size (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lee Point, Darwin, NT, July 2013]
Small group of Red-necked Stints resting together with
Ruddy
Turnstones
[Bundjalung NP,
NSW, February 2012]
Dorsal view of a Red-necked Stint 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]
Dorsal view of Red-necked Stints in non-breeding
plumage in flight
[Lee Point beach, Darwin, NT, August 2014]
"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]
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Behaviour |
Long-distance migratory birds such as Red-necked Stints need their
rest - here they are using a mob of (usually quite alert, but not
panicky)
Red-capped Plovers
as their "sentries" while snoozing
[Goran Lake, NSW, February 2022]
Closer look at one Red-necked Stint +
Red-capped Plovers
"pair"
[Goran Lake, NSW, February 2022]
7 Red-necked Stints associating with a mob of ca. 70
Red-capped Plovers
[Goran Lake, NSW, February 2022]
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Food, Diet |
Red-necked Stints feeding in a group
[Lee Point beach, Darwin, NT, August 2014]
Here one can see how Red-necked Stints sift through the wash
on the sand for crustaceans and other small animals
[Lee Point beach, Darwin, NT, August 2014]
Red-necked Stint in non-breeding
plumage
digging prey out of the sand of a beach (photo courtesy of J. Greaves)
[Alfred Cove, Swan River, Perth, WA, January 2017]