Shorebird / Wader - Trinidad (1 Viewer)

Dabs

Brian D

• Sep 10, 2020

• #1

Date Seen:- 9th September 2020

Location:- River

Size: Seems slightly smaller that a Greater Yellowlegs

Is this a juvenile Long - bill Dowitcher?

 

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Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 10, 2020

• #2

DABS said:

Date Seen:- 9th September 2020

Location:- River

Size: Seems slightly smaller that a Greater Yellowlegs

Is this a juvenile Long - bill(ed) Dowitcher?

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Yes.

 

njlarsen

Gallery Moderator

Opus Editor

Supporter

• Sep 10, 2020

• #3

What makes it a long-bill rather than a short-bill?

Niels

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

Supporter

• Sep 10, 2020

• #4

The tertials suggest juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher, I think.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Sep 10, 2020

• #5

It's a Short-billed Dowitcher based on the tertials. Also, I see no eBird records for Long-billed from Trinidad.

 

jmepler

It's just a flesh wound.

• Sep 10, 2020

• #6

In juvenile dowitchers, Patterned tertials = Short-billed, unpatterned tertials = Long-billed.

This is the only plumage where it is "easy" to tell them apart.

This is most definitely a juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher.

 

Andy Adcock

Worst person on Birdforum

• Sep 10, 2020

• #7

jmepler said:

In juvenile dowitchers, Patterned tertials = Short-billed, unpatterned tertials = Long-billed.

This is the only plumage where it is "easy" to tell them apart.

This is most definitely a juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher.

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Yes, I was sloppy.

 

Dabs

Brian D

• Sep 10, 2020

• #8

Thanks all for your feedback.

Regards