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Australian bird habitats:
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Aboriginal names: "uringa" = long beach
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Description of habitat |
Sandy beaches offer a variety of birds with potential resting places, but also food (e.g. crustaceans or molluscs under the surface). The Australian continent has many thousands of km of beaches, providing a habitat for birds all around the continent.
Note that many bird species living on beaches will also be present in sand dunes.
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Bird species found in this type of habitat or plant |
This is not necessarily a complete list. We display here some examples of bird species found by us in this kind of habitat or plant. Hover your cursor on thumbnails to see names of species; click on thumbnail to go to the page describing the species.
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Photos |
Wide, sandy beach at Byfield National Park,
central QLD
Sandy beach with low, salt-resistent shrubs at the back
Partly stony beach with some Bar-tailed Godwits moving in
Example of a beach with a dune covered with Spinifex grass (in the foreground)
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the bird in the photo is a Beach Stone-curlew
