Little stint - Kalochori Lagoon, Greece

Little stint - Calidris bairdii

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Excellent find, Jivko! Posted 10 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you, Ferdy! Posted 10 years ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Hi Jivko,
Sorry to bother you, but how sure are you about this ID? Baird's is an American species, and an extremely rare vagrant in Greece.
It's not a species I know well myself, but I do know it's notable for having very long wings, which project beyond the tail in perched birds. And that doesn't seem to be the case in your bird. This looks more like a little stint to me.
What do you think? Posted 6 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Hi Thibaud, thank you for checking this photo. It was one my earliest species IDs. Obviously I have mistaken it.
  Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks for getting back to me, Jivko! Posted 6 years ago

The Little stint

The little stint is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Jivko Nakev