Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Ria de Alvor, Algarve, Portugal. Jan 12, 2022

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Thibaud Aronson

Lion

This is the third year one of these American vagrants has been found at this locality - could it be the same bird coming back?? (highly unlikely, but fun to consider possibility).
As I fall ever deeper in the birding rabbit hole, I have now started chasing vagrants. Even though I've seen this species many times in the Americas, it was a first for my European list! Posted 3 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Congrats! It's fun to see the massive jump on the map:
  https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/2079/map Posted 3 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Hah! Indeed! Posted 3 years ago

The Lesser Yellowlegs

The Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage indicates these species' actual relationships.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded Jan 13, 2022. Captured Jan 12, 2022 18:15 in R. da Igreja 23, 8500-007 Alvor, Portugal.

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Canon EOS R6
f/8.0
1/800s
ISO3200
500mm

Captured in the winter. More winter photos.