It is true to say that the axillary spurs seem to come out of the front corners of the belly patch, but they're rather indistinct, so it's hard to be sure. The belly patch itself looks triangular to me. Another thing I noticed is that the bird has, or had at one point, a broad black breast band, more typical of Lesser. I get the impression the bill is relatively small (compared to the huge bill of Christmas Island) and the bird itself looks relatively short-winged and short-tailed. In my experience, CIF is a monster! I wouldn't read too much into the head and bill colour.
Thanks Andy. The colours are off because of cloudy weather. Hence not much dependable at all.
The spurs are rather broad and well-defined in this individual.
Yes but I thought them quite well defined in your first image
I have the impression, as seems to happen - oddly, frustratingly and annoyingly - so often in this forum's threads, that we are being drip-fed information in a way that the OP presumably thinks is helpful but in fact is the opposite. If this observation and all its photos and other information are already published online somewhere could we not just please be given a straightforward link to that so that we get the whole story?
I picked up the photos from an eBird checklist. Here is the link (eBird link) but there are no details there on how it was identified. I did not post the 3rd photo initially thinking it will be of no use, but Andy's comment on bill size made me rethink. I shared all the information I have to the best of my knowledge.
That bird has axillary spurs angled well forward, a flat base to the belly patch and a heavy flesh-coloured bill. I think it's correctly identified.
