Red-necked Stint, adult non-breeding.
Monday, 18 April 2011
Friday, 8 April 2011
Common Greenshank Nbr
Common Greenshank,adult non-breeding.
Same individual, in flight.
Shows primaries still in moult.Great Knot Nbr
Great Knot, moult to adult non-breeding.
It shows only worn primaries, but following picture shows primaries in moult.
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Monday, 4 April 2011
Bar-tailed Godwit NBr-Br
Bar-tailed Godwit, moult to adult breeding.
Tail.
Tail, uppertail-covers and tertials.
Bar-tailed Godwit J
Bar-tailed Godwit, juvenile.
Tail and tertials. Showing not much wear on primaries.
Bar-tailed Godwit Br-NBr
Bar-tailed Godwit, moult to adult non-breeding.
Has no juvenile plumage.
Very worn feathers. Shows no juvenile feathers.
Same individual.
Primaries in moult. It seems just finished long journey. It actually bit late for them to arrive, must caught in truble somewhere.
Bar-tailed Godwit J-1W
Bar-tailed Godwit, moult to 1st non-breeding.
Wing covers.
Worn juvenile tertials and tail.
Bar-tailed Godwit J-1W
Bar-tailed Godwit, moult to 1st non-breeding.
Worn wing covers.
Worn juvenile tertials, tail and primaries.
Bar-tailed Godwit NBr
Bar-tailed Godwit, adult non-breeding.
Bill length indicate female.
Tertials and tail.
Bar-tailed Godwit NBr
Bar-tailed Godwit, adult non-breeding.
Tail
Worn covers.
This individual could be the 2S to 3W. I can't say for sure.
Bar-tailed Godwit Br-NBr
Bar-tailed Godwit, moult to adult non-breeding.
Bill length indicate this could be a male.
Same individual. Shows primaries in moult. Some worn lesser covers retain (white arrow).
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Masked Lapwing
Masked Lapwing Race miles, adult.
Masked Lapwing Race miles, juvenile.
Masked Lapwing Race miles, chick.
Masked Lapwing Race novaehollandiae, adult.
Used to called Spur-winged Lapwing.
Distinctive black band on the chest, and smaller wattle.
Masked Lapwing Race novaehollandiae, juvenile.
Hybrid naturally occurs. Left individual.
Wattle larger than race novaehollandiae, but smaller than race miles.
Race novaehollandiae has broader black band.
Bar-tailed Godwit 1W
Bar-tailed Godwit, post-juvenile moult.
Shows worn juvenile feathers, and some non-breeding feathers (grey un-notched ones on the scapulars).
Close-up. They usually worn out like this.
Bar-tailed Godwit 1S-2W
Bar-tailed Godwit, moult to second-non-breeding.
Shorter bill indicate male.
Same individual.
Since this individual has few breeding plumage, and very worn primaries and wing covers, it could be in moult to second non-breeding from first breeding plumage.
Same individual.
Wing covers looks more likely to be a juvenile plumage.
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