Numenius sp. Please ID? (1 Viewer)

[Mugil]

Taken today at seashore on Slovenian coast. The white line on head is not so clear, so it is difficult to me to say that is phaeopus!

TNX Iztok

 

[Jane Turner]

It looks like Curlew to me N.arquata to me Iztok. Whimbrel N.phaeopus looks shorter-, straigter-billed and less "stretched" to me

 

[CJW]

I agree with Jane, Iztok - it's a Curlew.

 

[Ashley beolens]

Yup, curlew.

 

[HH75]

Hi Iztok,
Curlew for me also.The species often shows a faint supercilium,much less defined than that shown by Whimbrel.
Harry H

 

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Mugil,

Agreed with the others, Numenius arquarta.

Was hoping it might be N. tenuirostris before I opened the thread, but alas, no.

Michael

 

[Bluetail]

Very modest of you, Michael. I was hoping for N. borealis!

Jason

 

[Michael Frankis]

Very modest of you, Michael. I was hoping for N. borealis!

Jason

Hi Jason,

Slender-billed is a genuine possibility on the Slovenian coast . . . (and I knew it would be there, as that's where Mugil is from)

Michael

 

[Jane Turner]

Hi Jason,

Slender-billed is a genuine possibility on the Slovenian coast . . . (and I knew it would be there, as that's where Mugil is from)

Michael

Of course it did help that we were told that it was taken on the Slovenian coast

 

[Bluetail]

Only after opening the thread, though

Jason