Is this bird just another Bar-tailed Godwit?

[BerndHuss]

I went over my photos I took yesterday at Motueka Sandspit and apart from the obvious Black-tailed Godwit near the top right of this photo I also spotted a bird with quite a different pattern to its wing feathers compared to all the other Godwits around it. I marked it with a red arrow. I don't claim to be enough of an expert to declare it anything else, but I must admit that I am intrigued enough to ask for other opinions.

[sjacques]

Bird is a juvenile bar-tailed godwit Bernd, with fresh flight feathers.

That black-tailed is a cracker!

Cheers,
Sean

[BerndHuss]

Thank you, Sean!

[andrewcrossland]

The arrowed bird with the scaly plumage is a juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit

[philbattley]

The more interesting bird is the black-tailed godwit in full breeding plumage off to the right. [Which I just spotted in the next thread down the page...]