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This is a classic Bar-tailed Godwit of the nominate race in non-breeding plumage. This excellent photograph shows all flight feathers to be fresh (a bird born last year would show worn primaries and tail at this time of year) and the pattern of the central rectrices and tertials are also those of an adult.

kpeter

This is a classic Bar-tailed Godwit of the nominate race in non-breeding plumage. This excellent photograph shows all flight feathers to be fresh (a bird born last year would show worn primaries and tail at this time of year) and the pattern of the central rectrices and tertials are also those of an adult.