kc3018

2021.04.01
Pond 16/17, MPNR

Hi there, is the bird in front also a Black-tailed Godwit?

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4/04/2021 15:21

orientalstork

I think it's a bar tailed

moto1068

i think Black-tailed Godwit

orientalstork

Quote:

Original posted by moto1068 at 5/10/2021 14:29
i think Black-tailed Godwit

It should be a bar tailed, bar tailed in non breeding plumage are pale with pink bill with black tip, but the black tailed godwit, the bird at the background, is in breeding plumage, has a yellow beak with a black tip.
Pls compare the two species.

Bar tailed non-breeding plumage:
https://www.google.com/search?q= ... mgrc=w5GxktX08BxW6M

Black tailed godwit breeding plumage:
https://www.google.com/search?q= ... mgrc=VGtAjpQXV5jWaM

badesc

It’s a Black-tailed Godwit.

The bill is straight (upturned in Bar-tailed)
The upperparts-feathers that are moulted into winter plumage are plain (with darker streaks in Bar-tailed)
The remaining summer plumage feathers on the breast show a barred appearance (uniform reddish in Bar-tailed)
The supercilium is short (long in Bar-tailed)
The white in the wing is a trace of the obvious white wingbar of Black-tailed (absent in Bar-tailed)
The tibiae is rather long (shorter in Bar-tailed)