ML379473061 OBI 89495

Idade

Não especificado

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Remarks: I saw this Snipe (apart from many others) and considered the Swinhoe's Snipe. It was paler in appearance and it also looked slightly more bulky than the others (no side to side comparison at the time). Unfortunately, no preening images or observations of the tail fanning. I considered the Swinhoe's Snipe and posted on the MNS Perak Facebook for an opinion. Also managed to video the bird. YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD77f7Xl4-M&feature=youtu.be Dave Bakewell responded & suggested I consider the Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii, which of course has not been reported in the Peninsula. Dave Bakewell has been helping and one response from Danny Rogers in Australia, supports bird is likely to be a Swinhoe's. I have summarised his comments: "My immediate impression was Swinhoe's. The long-looking shape seems to narrow it down to that species or Latham's. Features that don't match my mental image of Lathams include: 1. Leg colour. Latham's Snipe in Victoria most often has greyish-green legs, some can have yellowish legs. This bird has brighter legs than I've seen in Latham's, but the colour matches typical north-western Australian Swinhoe's pretty well. 2. Body bulk. Somehow, this bird looks small-bodied, though that was an impression that struck me more in the stills that the video. Latham's usually strikes me as deeper-breasted and bigger-looking bird. But it's a very subjective thing. 3. Flank barring. I think Latham's usually has more striking barring on the flanks, extending further onto the sides of the upper breast – the barring at the junction of the breast and belly patch often looks quite heavy in Latham's while in typical Swinhoe's the bars on the feathers of the lower breast are smaller and more convex, so the field impression is that the lower breast looks mottled rather than barred." - Amar. Date added to OBI: March 26, 2014.

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