Table 2.

Details of the six EAAF migratory sandpipers that were tracked using geolocators

Species	Lean body mass (g)a	Wintering site	Breeding grounds	n	Year
Sanderling Calidris alba	50b	South Australia	Arctic Russia	12c	2012
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	93b	Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia	Arctic Russia	60d	2009–2014
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes	108e	Queensland	Russia’s far east	3f	2011
Red Knot Calidris canutus	113g	New Zealand	Arctic Russia	2h	2011–2012
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	135b	North Western Australia	Arctic Russia	7i	2013
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	743b	Victoria	sub-Arctic between northeast China and Russia	9j	2011–2012

^alean body mass obtained from the literature or ^bcalculated as the median body mass of individuals captured during November–December on their wintering grounds in Australia (unpubl. Data Victorian Wader Study Group and Australasian Wader Studies Group) and multiplied by 0.94 [41]. ^cTracks were extracted from Lisovski S, et al. [40]. ^dUnpubl. tracks from Victorian Wader Study Group, Australia. ^eTracks were extracted from Johnsgard PA [76]. ^fUnpubl. tracks from Queensland Wader Study Group, Australia. ^gTracks were extracted from Battley PF [77]. ^hTracks were extracted from Tomkovich PS, et al. [78]. ⁱTracks were extracted from Lisovski S, et al. [68]. ^jUnpubl. tracks from Victorian Wader Study Group, Australia, and extracted tracks from Minton C and Gosbell K [79]