Need Certainty- Which Peep, White-rumped, Least, Western or another???? (2 Viewers)

[w.travis]

Kentucky May 2022

In certain parts of video wings seem long and to extend past tail, but in other parts they do not. Legs don't look yellowish but could be covered in mud or poor lighting. Looks more attenuated compared to most Least I have seen.

Any Peep specialist out there that can tell for sure which species this is.

Thank you,
Travis Young

 

[Butty]

Wings are certainly shorter than tail. Bill is perhaps slightly on the long side but otherwise can't see anything to stop it being semipalmated sandpiper. Underparts pattern looks right.

 

[w.travis]

Wings are certainly shorter than tail. Bill is perhaps slightly on the long side but otherwise can't see anything to stop it being semipalmated sandpiper. Underparts pattern looks right.

If bill is on long side and it is decurved, wouldn't that rule out Semipalmated?

 

[Butty]

I don't see head colours or underparts pattern for western sandpiper.

 

[njlarsen]

If bill is on long side and it is decurved, wouldn't that rule out Semipalmated?

A bird like this one?

ML61692451 - Semipalmated Sandpiper - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML61692451; © Frantz Delcroix (Duzont); Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe

macaulaylibrary.org

Niels

 

[w.travis]

What arguments for why it is not a Least?

 

[Butty]

Bill too long and wrong shape. And probably the bird's too big compared to the solitary sandpiper.

 

[w.travis]

Bill too long and wrong shape. And probably the bird's too big compared to the solitary sandpiper.

A bird like this one?

ML61692451 - Semipalmated Sandpiper - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML61692451; © Frantz Delcroix (Duzont); Guadeloupe, Guadeloupe

macaulaylibrary.org

Niels

Bill in your photo seems much straighter to me.

 

[David Roche]

Cant seen anything against Least Sandpiper for this one

 

[w.travis]

Cant seen anything against Least Sandpiper for this one

What about bill length and body shape like Butty mentioned? Birds seems too attenuated, no?

 

[Butty]

Underparts are good for a least sand (with mucky legs). I wouldn't rule it out.

 

[w.travis]

Cant seen anything against Least Sandpiper for this one.

David Thanks,
Did you look at it compared to the Solitary? So you don't think the bill appears too long and overall size too large for Least?