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Really have no idea of what it is

Taken on Apr 10, 2021 @Maipo Mudflat

Just looking at its bill, it looks like a godwit but its plumage is in no way resembles that of a black-tailed godwit.

[[i] Last edited by happyman at 11/04/2021 18:00 [/i]]

This is indeed a Black-tailed Godwit. Nice pix.
You can see the black tail in the last photo. This is a winter plumaged bird, which may look different to the summer plumage that is most often illustrated.

Cheers
Mike K

Thanks very much Mike for the info.

To be even more specific, this is the newly described [i]bohaii[/i] sub species of Black-tailed Godwit. [url=https://bou.org.uk/blog-zhu-black-tailed-godwit-bohai-bay-subspecies-china/]https://bou.org.uk/blog-zhu-black-tailed-godwit-bohai-bay-subspecies-china/[/url]

The [i]bohaii[/i] sub species is our common winter visitor, while our spring passage migrant are sub species [i]melanurodies[/i], which usually come pass Deep Bay in nice colourful breeding plumage.

Cheers,
Katherine

Very informative.  Thanks very much.