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Author: irsychan Time: 6/05/2015 20:09 Subject: 20150502 Mai Po

All photographs were taken on 2nd May 2015 at Mai Po

Ruddy Turnstone 翻石鷸

Black-headed Gull 紅嘴鷗

Now you know, although my head is brown, human beings called me black-headed because I don't have pale iris and I don't have white patches near wing tips of my primaries.

Don't land on my head, you brown headed black-headed!

Eurasian Curlew 白腰杓鷸

Oriental Pratincole 普通燕鴴

Grey-tailed Tattler 灰尾漂鷸

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Author: ajohn Time: 7/05/2015 10:11

The gull is a Black-headed. The name is a bit inappropriate, because this species has a brown head in breeding plumage!

I think it's a great photo of Grey-tailed Tattler.

Author: irsychan Time: 7/05/2015 18:58

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Original posted by ajohn at 7/05/2015 10:11
The gull is a Black-headed. The name is a bit inappropriate, because this species has a brown head in breeding plumage!

I think it's a great photo of Grey-tailed Tattler.

Thank you very much, ajohn, for your comments. 'Brown-headed Gull' has been rectified to 'Black-headed Gull' as advised.

Author: irsychan Time: 7/05/2015 21:28

More photos taken at same place and same date.

Curlew Sandpiper 彎嘴濱鷸

Red Knot 紅腹濱鷸

Black-crowned Night Heron 夜鷺

Whimbrel 中杓鷸

Terek Sandpiper 翹嘴鷸

Chinese Egret 中華白鷺

Red-necked Stint 紅頸濱鷸

Gull-billed Tern 鷗嘴噪鷗

Spotted Redshank 鶴鷸

Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺

Common Redshank 紅腳鷸

Common Greenshank 青腳鷸

Grey Plover 灰鴴

Pacific Golden Plover 金鴴

Common Sandpiper 磯鷸

Pied Avocet 反嘴鷸

Barn Swallow 家燕

Northern Shoveler (male) 琵嘴鴨(雄) - This was probably the last one that had not left yet.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 尖尾濱鷸

Marsh Sandpiper 澤鷸

White-winged Tern 白翅浮鷗

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Author: irsychan Time: 11/05/2015 23:14

And one more photo - a plover with a very white face and relatively long legs (at centre of photo). Could this be a white-faced plover?

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Author: ajohn Time: 12/05/2015 10:21

The plover in the last photo is a non-breeding Greater Sand Plover. They can be fairly pale-faced at times.

Author: irsychan Time: 12/05/2015 16:40

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Original posted by ajohn at 12/05/2015 10:21
The plover in the last photo is a non-breeding Greater Sand Plover. They can be fairly pale-faced at times.

Thank you for your comment, ajohn. But I thought non-breeding Greater Sand Plover typically has a brown line between bill base and the eye, which is lacking on this bird?

Author: ajohn Time: 12/05/2015 23:33

It's true that the do have a dark line on the lores (between the eye and bill). But this can fade slightly over the winter, and may not be as obvious at certain angles (especially it seems when seen from the front as this bird). Notice that the bird slightly behind and to the left also seems to have a rather white face (although perhaps not as much).

Besides the white lores, there are a number of features that fit with this being a Greater Sand Plover and not White-faced e.g. large size, heavy bill, leg colour (dark olive, not pinkish), size of dark patches on the breast sides.

Author: irsychan Time: 13/05/2015 08:44

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Original posted by ajohn at 12/05/2015 23:33
It's true that the do have a dark line on the lores (between the eye and bill). But this can fade slightly over the winter, and may not be as obvious at certain angles (especially it seems when seen f ...

Thank you for your further elaborations, ajohn. I am still not convinced that this is non breeding Greater Sand Plover, as there is literature saying that Greater (and Lesser) Sand Plover does not have the white band extending to the back neck, which is seen on this bird.
As for the leg colour of White-Faced Plover, the pinkish colour could only be seen under strong direct sunlight, which is absent in the photo. In fact, many photos of White-Faced Plover in Oriental Bird Club Image Database do not show pinkish legs.

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