tbob

11th Dec 2010, Nam Sang Wai, Hong Kong

This bird was observed yesterday morning, it was not being accepted by the other stilts on the mudflats and reminded me of Black-necked Stilts I had seen in Puerto Rico or is it an adult female Black-winged Stilt with breeding plumage (it seems to have bronze-brown on upper wing section. It could be a White-headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)

Could somebody positively ID for me

[ Last edited by tbob at 12/12/2010 16:50 ]

tbob

Thanks John for the detailed analysis. I was at Nam Sang Wai for around 5 hours that day and all the time the bird in question was harassed by the other Black-winged Stilts that was one of the main reasons I raised the query. Thanks again

Bob