Help needed please. Think it's a Pectoral Sandpiper, taken at Barker Inlet, Adelaide, SA wetlands today. EDIT or Long -toed Stint?
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I wish I could help, but I have never seen either of these birds before. Simply from looking at pictures of the two, I would say a Pectoral Sandpiper. Just because the beak seems longer. Sorry, i'm not an expert
I agree with Elise but I'm no expert either
It's a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
Pectoral Sandpiper are more heavily marked/streaked on the upper breast, & this breast marking has obvious cut-off with the clean white on the lower breast. Also Pectoral have cleaner white flanks. i.e. usually don't have the streaking on the rear flanks that can be seen in the first photo.
PS: Maybe I'm a little hasty in ruling out Long-toed Stint. I'll study it some more, but it's not a Pectoral Sandpiper.
So, I studied it some more, still think it's a Sharpie, but I've almost no experience with Long-toed Stint, so happy to be corrected.