Shorebird from Hokkaido, Japan 05/2018 (1 Viewer)

[Lanugoh]

I need help identifying this shorebird. Any suggestions?

 

[Tote]

I need help identifying this shorebird. Any suggestions?

Grey-tailed Tattler

 

[Deb Burhinus]

Grey-tailed Tattler

 

[Lanugoh]

Thank you for the quick answers both of you! But how can it be distinguished from Wandering Tattler?

 

[THE_FERN]

With difficulty:

https://fotowarkstee.de/galleries/1_birds/1_birds-difficult-to-distinguish/tattlers/
https://birdsqueensland.org.au/downloads/tattlers_comparison_table.pdf

 

[Deb Burhinus]

Good blog here

Which tattler is it?

Wandering Tattler seems to be a scarce and perhaps localised spring migrant in Japan, I know they there's a regular spot in Tokyo Bay and th...

birdingkyoto.blogspot.com

 

[sicklebill]

The quite long pale supercilium goes back behind the eye, and the wings seem level with the tail tip, so two good points for Grey-tailed there, this looks likea typical one.

 

[Lanugoh]

Thank you so much, also for the great literture tips!

 

[MacNara]

Thank you for the quick answers both of you! But how can it be distinguished from Wandering Tattler?

If it had been Wandering Tattler in Japan, there would have been 500 middle-aged or elderly Japanese men (and a few women) with tripods that cost as much as a small car, and 800mm Canon, Nikon, or (these days) Sony lenses that cost as much as a big car, blocking your view. With the odd resident foreigner like me with a sad 300mm Canon setup wanderig around trying to get a look-in.

 

[Deb Burhinus]

There’s a good comparison shot in breeding plumage

Oriental Bird Club Image Database : Wandering Tattler » Tringa incana

If it had been Wandering Tattler in Japan, there would have been 500 middle-aged or elderly Japanese men (and a few women) with tripods that

Perhaps you should get yourself over to Tokyo Bay in May and get your year ticks 😉

“...the southwest side there is a narrow runway and it is here, on the concrete tetrapods right in front of Tokyo Bay Tokyu Hotel, that one or two Wandering Tattler regularly turn up in May. The appearance of this species is actually Hinode's claim to fame!”

Chiba Prefecture | Japan Nature Guides

www.japannatureguides.com

 

[MacNara]

Perhaps you should get yourself over to Tokyo Bay in May and get your year ticks 😉

“...the southwest side there is a narrow runway and it is here, on the concrete tetrapods right in front of Tokyo Bay Tokyu Hotel, that one or two Wandering Tattler regularly turn up in May. The appearance of this species is actually Hinode's claim to fame!”

Thanks, Deb, but I think 800km one way is too far to go for a 'one or two', 'regularly' 'in May' bird. There's no way of working out how recently Mark Brazil's online stuff has been updated (at least the books have a publication date).