ML502345151
Contributor
Gabriel Jamie Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Auto selected -15.10455, 28.41240
Central, Zambia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Immature Unknown sex - 1
Observation details
One immature individual with bright yellow legs and seemingly reduced/absent fringing to tertials, brighter, cleaner tones throughout all suggested possible first cycle Spotted Sandpiper (which would be new to Zambia). However, on closer inspection the projection of the tail beyond the primaries seems longer than would be expected on Spotted and there is also a suggestion of same fringing on tertials (perhaps reduced through wear). Additionally, in flight, the white wing bar does not seem to reduce in width towards the body as would be expected in Spotted. Altogether it points to the bird being a Common Sandpiper with unusually bright legs. However, would be interested to hear if others have a different conclusion on this bird.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D500
- ISO
- 2000
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Dimensions
- 1410 pixels x 956 pixels
- Original file size
- 923.43 KB