Wader Singapore Feb 2024 (1 Viewer)

[viator]

Hi, Thoughts on the rear bird behind the Tibetan Sand Plovers. Seems to have white tail except tip and a longer bill and different wing pattern than the other birds.

Thanks in advance

Edit: think the other birds are Calidris rather than Sand Plovers

 

[Butty]

I don't find that bird clearly different from the others. My first guess for all of them would be sanderling.

 

[CARERY]

Agree they all are Calidris the last one captured in a different angle than the others, showing more white from the rump sides. I would have expected Sanderlings to show a more contrasty wing with a broader wingbar. What about Red-necked Stints?

 

[James Jobling]

With a longer, thinner bill and apparently white rump, the rear bird certainly looks different to the Charadrius sand plovers. A Tringa perhaps?

 

[Mike Earp]

With a longer, thinner bill and apparently white rump, the rear bird certainly looks different to the Charadrius sand plovers. A Tringa perhaps?

Wouldn't sandplovers now be in Anarhynchus not Charadrius? The rear bird's rump isn't white, it's the side of the tail that is visible. And its bill is the same as others in the group so I agree with Butty that they are all the same species.

 

[James Jobling]

Mike,

I appreciate your interpretation (which reminds me to effect the necessary changes to The Key – wearing my Cornell BOW hat). However, on the other hand, for my own personal list (having seen true Anarhynchus in NZ and lots of Charadrius around the world) I cannot quite reconcile the absorption of many Charadrius into Anarhynchus. Perhaps I have been birding for too long and should now attempt to enter the 21st century!