Bird that migrates to Victorian wetlands slated for wind industry terminal added to threatened species list
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#6HQSC)
The sharp-tailed sandpiper migrates from Siberia to a Port of Hastings site that Tanya Plibersek last week blocked a state plan to develop
A migratory shorebird that visits globally important wetlands the Victorian government wanted to dredge to make way for an offshore wind industry terminal is among eight birds added to the nation's threatened species list.
The sharp-tailed sandpiper migrates from Siberia for the Australian summer and is now listed in Australia as vulnerable.
This story was amended on 10 January 2023. A previous version incorrectly stated the Nunivak bar-tailed godwit was critically endangered. It has been upgraded to endangered, from a previous threat category of vulnerable.
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