Hello! Trying to differentiate between some stints really confused me during my birding trip yesterday. Sorry for the low quality pics, but:
Can the brid in the center be safely identified as a little stint, based on the split supercilium, the rusty tertials and greater wing coverts, and the seemingly longer bill and tibia; or is it still a red-necked stint?
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For comparison, here's a red-necked stint we saw the same day:
And another one who got me confused, because of its seemingly taller structure:
And by the way, is this one still a common snipe, or is there any chance for it to be something else? Is there a reliable way to distinguish between common and pin-tailed/ Swinhoe's in the field?
Thanks!
Can the brid in the center be safely identified as a little stint, based on the split supercilium, the rusty tertials and greater wing coverts, and the seemingly longer bill and tibia; or is it still a red-necked stint?
View attachment 1.jpg
For comparison, here's a red-necked stint we saw the same day:
And another one who got me confused, because of its seemingly taller structure:
And by the way, is this one still a common snipe, or is there any chance for it to be something else? Is there a reliable way to distinguish between common and pin-tailed/ Swinhoe's in the field?
Thanks!