Birds in Flight – ID resource

>> GENERAL >>>>> – unmistakable, medium-sized wader, extremely long-legged – diurnal/nocturnal migrant – migrates singly or in small, loose flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Black-winged Stilt Himantopus h. himantopus, AD F or 2cy BIF3718, 12/06/2023, Bulgan, Mongolia, Mathias Putze Black-winged Stilt Himantopus h. himantopus, AD F...

>> GENERAL >>>>> – small wader, roughly size of a starling – nocturnal migrant, to lesser extend diurnal – migrates singly or in dense flocks, at roosts often in huge flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED BIF0746, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze Dunlin Calidris alpina ssp., AD BREED BIF074...

>> GENERAL >>>>> – medium-sized goose, considerably smaller than Greylag Goose – diurnal migrant, but regularly nocturnal as well – migrates in medium to large flocks in formation – very vocal >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis, AD BIF7028, 26/01/2023, Amrum, Germany, Mathias Putze Barnacle Goose Branta...

>> GENERAL >>>>> – small passerine, sparrow-sized – diurnal (nocturnal?) migrant – usually migrates singly, occasionally in very small flocks >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Water Pipit Anthus s. spinoletta, BREED BIF7015, 03/04/2020, Lake Starnberg, Germany, Mathias Putze Water Pipit Anthus s. spinoletta, BREED BIF7014, 03/04/2020, Lake...