**GREATER SAND PLOVER Charadrius leschenaultii #

Range C. l. leschenaultii Biak, Owi.

Status Palearctic migrant. Despite being a common Palearctic migrant to the New Guinea region (Bishop 2006) only three records from Biak. 14 February 1954: two collected by Hoogerheide at Mokmer, south coast (Junge 1956); 9 and 11 January 1997: two with a Lesser Sand Plover on the coast near Marauw (SvB); 13 January 1994: five on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).