Recently Peter Kennerley contacted us after seeing our post on BBS about the Kentish Plovers that we have recorded during the Fuzhou trip.
He noticed that the pics of the plovers showed pale pink legs – a feature which associate with White-faced Plover.
So, we sent additional images for his viewing, here are the pictures which he made comments on :
MALE
FEMALE
“Features pointing to the identification are broad white collar with scarcely any intrusion of brown from the crown, leg length and pale color,
bill shape and pattern - including pale base relatively little brown below eye and on the lower ear coverts....”
“These pictures show a male and a female, and on both you can see the key features of WFP, i.e. pale legs and pale base to the bill,
pale sandy upperparts, large and heavy bill structure, and in the male, a worn cap with orange restricted to the sides...”
Wow! A probable W-F Plover, interesting stuff!
PWMK
