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UAE Dubai shorebird . June 8th (1 Viewer)

Zangazanga

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This is a photo of a bird I saw while at the Ra's al-Khor wildlife sanctuary in Dubai. I guess it sort of looks like a juvenile Red-necked Phalarope, but based on how it is feeding (walking around in shallow water, often together with a Black-winged Stilt), I am not thinking that is a phalarope.
Is there enough detail in this photo (taken with my cell phone through my binoculars) to indicate what this actually is?
Thanks.
 

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It is a Black-winged Stilt chick

That makes sense. But a couple of details trouble me, as I look at the description of a juvenile Black-winged Stilt in the field Guide I have (Birds of the Middle East 2ne Ed., Porter & Aspinall).
First the leg color seemed yellow if anything, but not pink or red. and the deep brown color went up the back of the neck in a continuous stripe to the top of the head. Also the size was much smaller than the adult Black winged stilt. (The unknown birds top of its head was about the same height as the bottom of the stilts belly)
Here are a couple more photos of the bird
 

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Its much younger than illustrated in Porter et. al I think - the brown tones disappear soon. Its actually not far off flying. I wouldn't trust leg colour on these photos. - edit; I should mention though that juv. BwS legs are yellowish- grey and don't become pink till much later
 
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thanks

Thanks very much for all the inputs. BwS it is.
And I believe that the out of out of focus bird is Kentish Plover. There were about 20 of them at the site
 
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