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Identification Calidris temminckii

I surprised this bellezón in Lake Manjavacas, Cuenca, in early September.

juvenile Calidris temminckii . This species is often seen alone in the lagoons of La Mancha. In step postnuptial the vast majority of birds seen are young, like the copy of the photos.


Temminck
The correlator differs from other sandpipers quite well by the pale yellow of the legs in all plumages, and and by the tone of the plumage dull brown, diffuse staining in the neck and chest and short beak, slightly curved.

The bird is a juvenile by the white edge of the scapular feathers, coverts and tertiary. These feathers give it a distinctive and unmistakable

In flight, the underside of the wing is typically white in the middle, distal half of the secondary dark, and also the lower edge wing.