ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

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ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:16 pm

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Answers for this challenge are due by replying to this topic by midnight (NZST) on Saturday 15 August 2009.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby Rodney » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:11 pm

Siberian Tattler - not Wandering - because nasal groove shorter, extending 50% of length and white eyebrow extends as thin line over base of bill.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby Christopher » Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:58 am

Wandering tattler
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby SzimiStyle » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:23 am

This should be a Wandering Tattler in worn non-breeding plumage. Best separated from its relative by the short supercilium which never extends beyond the eye.

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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby Nick Allen » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:11 pm

Grey-tailed (Siberian) Tattler. Generally pale colouration, nasal groove only extends to half length of beak, suggestion of tiled scutulations on legs due to reflected sunlight (closely related Wandering Tattler has a longer nasal groove, usually darker overall colouration and meshwork-like scales on the legs).

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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby ledzep » Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:41 pm

Wandering Tattler - based on white eyebrow not extending past eye, and nasal groove on bill going 70% of length. I haven't seen this bird, only the Grey-tailed Tattler at Ahuriri estuary.
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby winmark » Fri Aug 07, 2009 5:24 am

Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotus
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby tony.saw » Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:43 am

Spotted Sandpiper
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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby philbattley » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:01 am

Wandering Tattler, but a pale-looking one. I could be completely wrong here and am being swayed by the bill groove length but undermined by the paleness of the bird (which could be an illusion) and the extent of the supercilium, though that is pinched. Hard to tell wing length but looks quite long. Substrate suggests this is not a shot from Rarotonga so no help there.

A good choice for starters.

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Re: ID Challenge #1 - closes 15 August 2009

Postby Wynston Cooper » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:30 am

Siberian (Grey-tailed) Tattler.

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