I'm sure you will be right Brian, but a surprise. I thought the plumage, leg colour, long toes and paler base to the lower mandible all pointed to a Long-toed Stint.
pale base to lower mandible? Also the legs appear dark to me, far too dark for a L.T.S. I feel as if the image has been edited which has caused the image to look much more vibrant.
I use nikon z9+600mmtcvrs nikkor. This combination allways some boost vibrancy and saturation But never change the colors. If there is yellow on the legs, it is there. Black never changes yellow or something else..
Personally I don't see yellow on the legs, what I see is dark legs that are being made lighter due to lighting.
There isn't one. Whole bill is (in this photo) black.
Not so. Tarsus and toes are largely pale - yellowy.
You can't use scapular patterns of juveniles to help ID and adult
Since you have asked about structural features, there are clear differences between the 2 species which are visible from your images and exclude Long-toed, 1) the toes are not proportionally long enough ML373495931 - Long-toed Stint - Macaulay Library and ML609493044 - Long-toed Stint - Macaulay Library in Long-toed they are out-sized, almost reminiscent of a Crake, protruding well beyond the tail tip in flight views, 2) neck too short and, 3) pp too long. One can clearly see 3 tips (2 well-spaced) projecting beyond the tertials with a clear extension beyond the tail tip. Long-toed exhibits only a very short pp at best, but often it is absent, the long tertials cloaking the primaries with the tips falling just shy or level with the tail tip.
