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Pluvialis for Your Scrutiny (1 Viewer)
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CJW
Hit-and-run WUM
Hi Adam,
it's certainly an interesting looking bird. Were it not for the bill looking so 'fine' I would have said that it was a Grey Plover (it's got a 'sturdy' pair of legs on it).
The head pattern, general colouration and jizz fits and the wing length isn't particularly long (thus discounting American Golden).
On reflection I think perhaps that it's a Grey Plover and that a trick of the light is making the bill look finer than would be expected. But I'm sure someone will disagree.
Chris
it's certainly an interesting looking bird. Were it not for the bill looking so 'fine' I would have said that it was a Grey Plover (it's got a 'sturdy' pair of legs on it).
The head pattern, general colouration and jizz fits and the wing length isn't particularly long (thus discounting American Golden).
On reflection I think perhaps that it's a Grey Plover and that a trick of the light is making the bill look finer than would be expected. But I'm sure someone will disagree.
Chris
Joern Lehmhus
Well-known member
I would also have accepted this as a Grey Plover
Brian Stone
A Stone chatting
Sounds like you have just been through exactly the same thought process as me Chris. I ended up deciding it was probably Grey Plover (squatarola).
Binocularface
You've all got one...............!
Hi Adam
Well it is certainly an intriguing looking bird! As Brian, CJW and Joern have said, it looks like a Grey Plover, though the small fine bill and gleaming white underside (this may be more to do with the exposure of the image of course) trouble me.
Although Grey Plovers are monotypic they are also clinal, and the further East of the cline the smaller they are (I think I have got this right!). So I would suggest that this bird could be a Grey Plover from the extreme East of its range?
HTH
Regards
Tristan
Well it is certainly an intriguing looking bird! As Brian, CJW and Joern have said, it looks like a Grey Plover, though the small fine bill and gleaming white underside (this may be more to do with the exposure of the image of course) trouble me.
Although Grey Plovers are monotypic they are also clinal, and the further East of the cline the smaller they are (I think I have got this right!). So I would suggest that this bird could be a Grey Plover from the extreme East of its range?
HTH
Regards
Tristan
Blackstart
Saxophonus pinus
Thanks everyone for your comments.
I too think this is probably a Grey Plover in very poor lighting conditions.
-Adam
I too think this is probably a Grey Plover in very poor lighting conditions.
-Adam
