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Green sandpiper (presumed), Wilpaththu, Sri Lanka There&#039;s a lot of similar looking sandpipers in Sri Lanka, and to make matters worse, their plumage can be different based on gender, age, and breeding season. Therefore, I&#039;m not 100% sure on this identification. Reference photo:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_sandpiper#mediaviewer/File:Green_Sandpiper_(Tringa_ochropus)-_In_Breeding_plumage_at_Bharatpur_I_IMG_5533.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_sandpiper#mediaviewer/File:Green_Sandpiper_(Tringa_ochropus)-_In_Breeding_plumage_at_Bharatpur_I_IMG_5533.jpg</a> Asia,Sri Lanka,Tringa ochropus,Wilpaththu,green sandpiper Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Green sandpiper (presumed), Wilpaththu, Sri Lanka

There's a lot of similar looking sandpipers in Sri Lanka, and to make matters worse, their plumage can be different based on gender, age, and breeding season. Therefore, I'm not 100% sure on this identification. Reference photo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_sandpiper#mediaviewer/File:Green_Sandpiper_(Tringa_ochropus)-_In_Breeding_plumage_at_Bharatpur_I_IMG_5533.jpg

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    travismorhardt
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    Sandpipers, along with many other shorebirds, can be tough to distinguish between one another. It looks very similar to the reference photo, but like you said, with different variations in plumage, it can be tough to say for sure. Great photo! Posted 10 years ago
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      Ferdy Christant
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      Thank you, I'm learning this along the way. Before when I saw shorebirds I assumed they to be one or two species, turns out there's dozens :) Posted 10 years ago

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The Green Sandpiper

The green sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus "Tringa"; its only close living relative is the solitary sandpiper. They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern. In addition, both species nest in trees, unlike most other scolopacids.

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Uploaded Dec 5, 2014. Captured Nov 5, 2014 10:48.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/8.0
  • 1/400s
  • ISO180
  • 400mm