Thread
Print

20150413 Mai Po

The bird labelled as Little Stint is a Red-necked Stint just starting to develop breeding plumage. You can see some of the red starting to show on the sides of the neck and on the throat.

The last bird, labelled as Lesser Sand Plover, seems to be a Kentish Plover in non-breeding plumage. Although you can't see the white collar going all around the neck, I think that this is due to the posture of the bird hiding the back of the neck - it does seem to extend further back than on LSP. The overall appearance of the bird seems too small and delicate for LSP(especially of the commoner subspecies mongolus) and the tone of the upperparts seems to pale and sandy for LSP.

TOP

Thread