TABLE 1.

Charadriiform and procellariiform species targeted for active HPAI surveillance following arrival to Australia after migration from Asia and North America.

Sampling dates	Location	Species	Active infection (qPCR)	Antibody detection (NP ELISA)
6–7 October 2023	Philip Island, Victoria	Short‐tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris	0/236	11/226
2–10 October 2023	Lord Howe Island, New South Wales	Flesh‐footed shearwater Ardenna carneipes	0/43	0/29
		Wedge‐tailed shearwater Ardenna pacifica	0/30
11–18 October 2023	Broome, Western Australia	Bar‐tailed godwit Limosa lapponica	0/43	0/43
		Broad‐billed sandpiper Limicola falcinellus	0/13	0/13
		Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	0/95	0/92
		Great knot Calidris tenuirostris	0/185	3/185
		Greater sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	0/26	0/26
		Grey‐tailed tattler Tringa brevipes	0/3	0/3
		Lesser sandplover Charadrius mongolus	0/2	0/2
		Red knot Calidris canutus	0/21	2/21
		Red‐necked stint Calidris ruficollis	0/126	10/119
		Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres	0/1	0/1
		Sharp‐tailed sandpiper Calidris acuminata	0/10	1/10
		Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus	0/7	0/7
27–30 October 2023	Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia	Bar‐tailed godwit Limosa lapponica	0/61	0/61
		Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	0/1	0/1
		Great knot Calidris tenuirostris	0/34	0/34
		Greater sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii	0/53	0/53
		Grey‐tailed tattler Tringa brevipes	0/1	0/1
		Lesser sandplover Charadrius mongolus	0/1	0/1
		Red‐necked stint Calidris ruficollis	0/2	0/2
22 November 2023	Western Port Bay, Victoria	Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	0/3	0/3
		Red‐necked stint Calidris ruficollis	0/34	1/34
30 November–2 December 2023	King Island, Tasmania	Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres	0/41	7/38

Note: The number of active infections with influenza A virus and number of individuals with nuclear‐protein antibodies against influenza A virus are depicted, compared with total number of individuals sampled.