OPLOSSING / SOLUTION MYSTERY BIRD 12



De juiste oplossing van ronde 12 is Kleinste Strandloper. Van de 50 inzendingen waren er 39 juist (= 78%). Verder werden de volgende soorten genoemd: Temminck’s Strandloper (9) en Kleine Strandloper (2).
Deze juveniele Kleinste Strandloper werd op 7 augustus 2016 gefotografeerd door David Marques in Esquimalt Lagoon, Vancouver Island, Canada.

The correct answer for round 12 is Least Sandpiper. 39 of the 50 answers were correct (= 78%).
The following species were also mentioned: Temminck’s Stint (9) and Little Stint (2).

This picture of a juvenile Least Sandpiper was taken on August 7, 2016 by David Marques at Esquimalt Lagoon, Vancouver Island, Canada.

Identification:

Those who spotted the greenish legs must have quickly reduced the choice to 3 species: Temminck's, Long-toed Stint and Least Sandpiper. The grey outer tail feathers as well as the rufous- and white-edged, black-centered lower scapulars visible between the nape and one wing exclude Temminck's Stint. The latter also reveal that this is a juvenile bird that would show a classical double-V pattern on the back. The broad supercilium over the lores reaching the front and the black lower mandible exclude a Long-toed Stint, leaving only a juvenile Least Sandpiper as the correct answer (D. Marques).

Ranking Masters-of-Mystery after 12 rounds
(only for those with 5 or more correct answers)

name, correct answers
Sietse Bernardus 11
Andrew Holden 10
Chris Batty 10
Davy Bosman 10
Diederik Kok 10
Dusan Brinkhuizen 10
Fedde Welbedacht 10
Hein Prinsen 10
Lazar Brinkhuizen 10
Nils van Duivendijk 10
Stuart Piner 10
Arthur Geilvoet 9
Bas van den Boogaard 9
Bas van Gennip 9
Bas Verhoeven 9
Bram Vogels 9
Charles Martens 9
Geir Mobakken 9
Jan Baert 9
Joris Elst 9
Jos Welbedacht 9
Marijn Prins 9
Maurits Martens 9
Pim Edelaar 9
Raf Drijvers 9
Rutger Wilschut 9
Willem Wind 9
Alwin van Lubeck 8
Frank van Duivenvoorde 8
George Tanis 8
Harry Hussey 8
Julien Mazenauer 8
Marinus Dieleman 8
Mark Gal 8
Pieter van Veelen 8
Bram Ubels 7
Marcel Klootwijk 7
Mark Edgeller 7
Seamus Enright 7
Diedert Koppenol 6
Edwin Russer 6
Joost Mertens 6
Leo Stegeman 6
Lonnie Bregman 6
Paavo Sallinen 6
Rob van Bemmelen 6
Ruben Vernieuwe 6
William de Jong 6
Axel Müller 5
Frank van der Meer 5
Nico Hopman 5
Rient Niks 5
Rik Winters 5
Sam Gobin 5
Thijs Fijen 5
Vincent van der Spek 5