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Plettet Mudderklire ~ Playero Alzacolita ~ Fläckdrillsnäppa | |
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(added 2020-10-17)
Adult prebasic molt happens on the winter ground, juveniles molt progressively during migration and continue on the winter ground. By April they replace the last juvenile feathers, the two outer primaries. By late autumn birds are difficult to age by normal field observation. |
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2008-12-05 Parque el Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Mexico Adult in basic plumage still with few traces of the breeding plumage along the rear flank. Regular winter guest in Aguascalientes. |
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2009-03-14 Parque el Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Mexico Beginning breeding plumage. |
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2009-04-27 Isla Cozumel, Mexico Alternate plumage. |
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2010-07-25 Presa La Colorada (agu), Mexico Adult in alternate plumage. One of the shorebird species returning earliest from the north. |
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2015-09-05 Laguna Atotonilco (jal), Mexico Adult in transition to basic plumage. |
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2015-10-21 Presa Las Pintitas (Guadalajara), Mexico Alarm call. Worried about my presence it stood still on a floating object constantly calling. |
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2016-05-14 Presa la Vega (jal), Mexico Likely young bird with beginning adult alternate plumage. The late date could indeed indicate that the bird is young and has decided not to move north this year. |
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2018-10-14 Península Campos (Manzanillo), Mexico 2+cy bird first of all by the remaining black spots on the vent. The extremely, and very misleading, short tail projection is because of still growing rectrices, especially the central pair. |
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2020-01-05 Mazatlán (sin), Mexico Subspecies: [monotypic] Basic plumage. A bird with pale bill and legs and faint inner white wing bar, like here, would hopefully raise an eyebrow if seen in Europe... |