Jonathmartinez

this is a good looking one for Swinhoe's Plover, especially based on bill shape

Jonathmartinez

interestingly it is a different bird than the one posted earlier...

Jonathmartinez

it is clearly a first winter. Regarding its sex, I think it is too early to tell as this bird definitly haven't started moulting into breeding plumage, and I'm not sure that their sex can be told in their first winter plumage...
Other difficulties with 1st Winter birds is that depending on when they are born (first or second clucth) they can show a lot of variability from an individual to another due to their age and this is also explaining why the period they start moulted into breeding plumage vary  a lot as well...

Jonathmartinez

Legs color varies a lot all year round and from an individuals to another, with some period during which Swinhoe's Plover are showing fairly dark legs (but never solid black as in KP).
Simply by browsing Internet, especially OBI, you will find easily that some Kentish Plover population are showing fairly pale or pink legs...

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