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| Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Colour aberrant individual |
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| Photographer : | © Avisek Chatterjee |
| Location : | Henry Island, coastal West Bengal, India |
| Date : |
16 March 2013 |
| English synonyms: | Temmick's Stint, Temminck Stint |
| Bird Family : | Tringinae - Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Sandpipers, Tattlers, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff & Phalaropes |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | Apparently this species. The colour of the bill seems to be due to a coating of mud. - Ed
This individual appears to be suffering from a colour aberration known as Progressive Greying, rather than Leucism. So the bird must have developed these white feathers at a later age. (In leucism proper the white feathers are already present in the juvenile plumage and the pattern will not change during life.) - Hein van Grouw |
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