Chile, Atacama desert, small bird looking like sandpiper (1 Viewer)

[djolof]

Hello,

Here is a small bird seen in april in Chile Atacama desert, feeding in a salty lagoon.
It looks for me like some kind of sandpiper.
Does someone has an idea of its specie ?
Cheers

 

[Fritz73]

Baird's Sandpiper for me

 

[Nutcracker]

Ditto to Baird's Sandpiper

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Although the legs look black this seems like a Least Sandpiper to me. The structure seems much better for that species. It has almost no primary projection, so I'm not sure it can be a Baird's.

 

[jogresh]

First impression was Least, but i'm no expert.

 

[djolof]

Other image

Hello,

Thank you everyone for your answers.
If this can help I post a second image, bigger than the first one.
On this new one the legs appear to be completly black

 

[djolof]

Forgot the image

Here is the image

 

[Jeff Hopkins]

Baird's

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Okay - looks more like a Baird's on the second picture, where the primary projection is much clearer (as is everything else). Not sure why the better picture wasn't posted initially.

 

[MTem]

Seemingly a good example of the potential pitfalls in an ID from one photo - overall impression and some key features seem different between the two photos. Baird's for me ..... now ......

Mick

 

[djolof]

Thank you very much to all of you for your hrep
Cheers

 

[djolof]

"hrep" is in fact help