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bugmat

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I was going through archives and noticed this one bird with pinkish-red legs and plumage different from what I'm using to seeing especially in the tailfeathers. Unfortunately I only have the single shot but I'm hoping whether common or uncommon, someone can ID it.
 

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Nutcracker said:
Bill looks very slightly downcurved to me? And the legs pale pinkish, not chrome-yellow. Maybe photo artefacts though.
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Then we add Stilt Sandpiper in the equation? 8-P

I don't see a Ruff here, nor a Wood Sandpiper, away from the dark (muddy?) legs, Lesser Yellowlegs seems to best bet imo.
 
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Definitely not a least SP! Legs too long - bird's too big. Could be a LYL i guess (though bill looks too thin to me) and the "pink" is just an artifact though I have adjusted it in LR...I'm thinking it still isn't streaked enough and the bill isn't curved enough for a stitle.. also missing that broad supercilum i think?
 
I think Lesser Yellowlegs. Although the real question is that why are other people suggesting so many European birds?
 
bugmat said:
Definitely not a least SP! Legs too long - bird's too big. Could be a LYL i guess (though bill looks too thin to me) and the "pink" is just an artifact though I have adjusted it in LR...I'm thinking it still isn't streaked enough and the bill isn't curved enough for a stitle.. also missing that broad supercilum i think?
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Lesser YELLOWLEGS, not Sandpiper (as I said, with muddy legs).
 
When I first saw this I wondered if it wasn't a very pale, slightly unusual winter Wilson's pharalope. But the bill colour in particular and probably leg length are too wrong, I think. Disregarding that species, think best fit is lesser yellowlegs but it's not a super convincing match for that either.
 
Got some confirmation that it is a Stilt - thanks all for the comments - you got it Nutcracker! The leg length and head & beak shape were diagnostic. Guess it was in a different plumage.
 
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bugmat said:
Got some confirmation that it is a Stilt - thanks all for the comments - you got it Nutcracker! The leg length and head & beak shape were diagnostic. Guess it was in a different plumage.
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It is not a Stilt Sandpiper because underwings exclude that species. I'm the first one to have suggested the species, but as a joke. Actually, I wanted to be sure, I checked dozens of flying Stilt Sandpiper photos and they never show this kind of barring like Lesser Yellowlegs.
 
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