Calidris to id. Canarias (1 Viewer)

[juancar dieguez]

Hello , i can not identify this calidris, 6/ 12/2022 in maspalomas ( Gran Canaria) , alpina ? Ferruginea? .....
Thanks

 

[Butty]

Long legs and big supercilium suggest curlew sandpiper.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Juancar,
do you have more pictures, especially rear-view ones?

But I agree with Butty:

As you know, many winter plumaged birds of this difficult species pair turn out to be "Curlw-SP lookalike" Dunlins. But your bird seems different imo:

• long, evenly curved bill (yes, just within variation for a monster billed Dunlin)
• the worn and faded juvenile coverts seems to show a good pattern for a Curlew SP: slightly paler centers and a dark frame against paler edges
• although difficult to judge due to posture, worn tertials and misplaced feathers, the pp seems long

 

[juancar dieguez]

Two more of the same bird

 

[Dyrlege]

I'd vote for C ferruginea in winter clothing