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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Curlew with unknown 
        
(Message started by: Neil on Oct 5^th, 2005, 6:30am)

Title: Curlew with unknown
Post by Neil on Oct 5^th, 2005, 6:30am

Photographed yesterday at MPNR.  At first I thought Curlew Sandpiper but the color didn't look right.  Could it be a Dunlin?
Neil

4th,October,2005
MPNR
Hong Kong,China.

Olympus 7070wz plus Swarovski ATS80HD scope and 20-60x eyepiece

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/Neil/neil_16.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/neilfif11/image/50279514.jpg

Title: Re: Curlew with unknown
Post by Mike Kilburn on Oct 5^th, 2005, 7:38pm

It could.

The black spots on the belly are the remains of the breeding plumage.

Also the bill is shorter than Curlew Sandpiper

Cute picture.

Cheers
Mike K

Title: Re: Curlew with unknown
Post by Paul Leader on Oct 13^th, 2005, 8:48pm

It is a Dunlin, but it is juvenile not and adult with reatined summer plumage. The small black spots on the belly are typical of a juvenile, as are the dark throat and the narrow pale fringes to the lower scapulars.