Re: Painted Snipe

[Harvey Perkins <>]

I agree, the 'male' bird was slightly smaller than the female. My suggestion that the smaller bird might be an immature female is based on the colour and patterning of the wings. There is no hint of the pale spotting that should be indicative of either an adult male or juvenile of either sex; instead it has the same greenish tinged barred effect that the adult female has. 

 

Harvey

 

On 25 September 2011 09:17, John Leonard <> wrote:

Hi harvey

When the birds moved across the open after being disturbed by cows the
other bird seemed to me to be 10% smaller than the female.

Thanks for finding these snipe.

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John Leonard
Canberra
Australia
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