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bfspoonbill
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What kind(s) of shank are they? 是甚麼鷸呢?
« on: Sep 28th, 2006, 12:07am » |
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是否青腳鷸呢? 應該不是吧!?腳好像橙黃色的。 全部是今天米埔泥灘見到的。
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Re: What kind(s) of shank are they? 是甚麼鷸呢?
« Reply #1 on: Sep 29th, 2006, 9:57am » |
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Sorry, but I am not familiar with shank, even though they are very common in MPNR. Besides colour of leg (pale greenish and yellowish) as well as overall colour tone (greyish and brownish in the same noon sunlight condition - confusion by automatic white balance?), the circled parts also looked different. Are they two different species? What are they?
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miket
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Re: What kind(s) of shank are they? 是甚麼鷸呢?
« Reply #2 on: Sep 29th, 2006, 9:57pm » |
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Pics 1 and 2 are Common Greenshank - 3 and 4 look like a Grey-tailed Tattler to me. Mike Turnbull
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bfspoonbill
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Re: What kind(s) of shank are they? 是甚麼鷸呢?
« Reply #3 on: Sep 29th, 2006, 11:36pm » |
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More photos for the second one are attached here. Sorry, it's hard for me to match it to Grey-tailed Tattler in Birds of HK & S China book, because the colour looks grey in book. Can you suggest field marks? Is this different?
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Paul Leader
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Re: What kind(s) of shank are they? 是甚麼鷸呢?
« Reply #4 on: Oct 3rd, 2006, 4:01pm » |
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Sorry Mike but I think 3 and 4 are a Redshank!
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miket
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Re: What kind(s) of shank are they? 是甚麼鷸呢?
« Reply #5 on: Oct 3rd, 2006, 6:27pm » |
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Hi Paul, You are right, I'm sure. It was a rather hasty call. The white-fringed, black-spotted tertials and other upperpart markings are typical of Redshank, and the tibia are too long for Tattlers. Mike
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