An extremely Fine and Beautiful photo
of Broad-billed's physiognomy from
above.
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A note:
OBVIOUSLY, this bird does NOT have the
typical (Gallinago-like) whitish mid-stripe
on top of its head -
which I believed (sorry)... was mandatory,
- cf. ad./juv. illustr. in BEAMAN et al.
So, is this no-stripe feature common,
probably associated w/ juv. birds?
Thx to PER ............ C.
Peter Sunesen skriver mandag 30. august 2010 kl. 01.21
Carsten,
I don't own 'Beaman et al.'.... always found the book as distasteful as the name of the main-author is to this sensitive Dane.
So no wonder said book got the location of the double eye-stripe of Broad-billed sandpiper wrong.
According to Jonsson neither juvenile nor adults have a 'mid-stripe'.....The fine book "Shorebirds An Identification Guide" by Peter Hayman et al.,however, actually depicts this trait on one tiny illustration, but not on any of the larger ones of juveniles and adults, nor is it mentioned in the main text.
Perhaps some shore-bird expert will chime in and set things straight........