ML621205414
Snowy/Kentish Plover Anarhynchus nivosus/alexandrinus
Contributor
Louis Bevier Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Sandy Point
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
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- Tags
- Field notes/sketch
Observation details
The bird we came to search for was found after about 2 hours (09:35 in notes) in the rocky area on the north side of the spit. Recorded at the time as Snowy Plover, but perhaps best entered as Snowy/Kentish, which I am not certain can be reliably told apart in the field without calls or in hand by measurements. Some features suggest Kentish to me--dark loral line only on western ssp. nivosus; leggy with long tarsometatarsi; seemingly longer bill; tone of upperparts browner and darker than expected for Snowy, even nominate nivosus. See scan of notes.
Technical information
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