Calidris to identify , spain (1 Viewer)

juancar dieguez

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #1

This calidris is small , in Asturias (north of Spain) 03-11-2019
i think it can be C. minuta but im not sure...

 

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SteveClifton

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #2

Dunlin

 

juancar dieguez

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #3

thanks Steve,
my doubt was the beak so fine and straight....

 

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SteveClifton

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #4

Bill does look a little odd, but I can't turn it into anything else!

 

KenM

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #5

If the bill ends at the “white stone?”.....then it would not favour Dunlin?

Cheers

 

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SteveClifton

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #6

juancar dieguez said:

thanks Steve,
my doubt was the beak so fine and straight....

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Do you have any other images of this bird? Just so I can satisfy myself that I wasn't being a little hasty in calling it just a Dunlin?

Just one image can lead to the wrong conclusions. Could well be a stint. One or two more pics might clarify the situation...

 

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juancar dieguez

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #7

SteveClifton said:

Do you have any other images of this bird? Just so I can satisfy myself that I wasn't being a little hasty in calling it just a Dunlin?

Just one image can lead to the wrong conclusions. Could well be a stint. One or two more pics might clarify the situation...

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i only have another one

 

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SteveClifton

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• Nov 4, 2019

• #8

Thanks Juancar, I still think it's a Dunlin. The new image shows the bill base is a little deeper than it appeared in the first one, and there is a subtle down-curve too, so for me, a Dunlin with a fairly short bill.

 

juancar dieguez

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• Nov 5, 2019

• #9

SteveClifton said:

Thanks Juancar, I still think it's a Dunlin. The new image shows the bill base is a little deeper than it appeared in the first one, and there is a subtle down-curve too, so for me, a Dunlin with a fairly short bill.

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