Shorebird from Delray beach, Florida

[eatthegoodoftheland]

can you help me identify this? thought it was a least sandpiper, someone else told me a sanderling. 

[blackburnian]

This is a Black-bellied Plover.

[eatthegoodoftheland]

16 minutes ago, blackburnian said:

This is a Black-bellied Plover.

thanks! immature? male? female? all these shorebirds look identical to me...

[Sean C]

agree with BBPL

[akiley]

4 hours ago, eatthegoodoftheland said:

thanks! immature? male? female? all these shorebirds look identical to me...

By the warn, rather than crisp, fresh plumage this is an adult. Not possible to tell sex.

[Charlie Spencer]

14 hours ago, eatthegoodoftheland said:

all these shorebirds look identical to me...

It's no guarantee but a shorebird with a relatively short bill is often a plover or turnstone.  Some sandpipers also have short bills but those are mostly longer than the other two.

[eatthegoodoftheland]

3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

It's no guarantee but a shorebird with a relatively short bill is often a plover or turnstone.  Some sandpipers also have short bills but those are mostly longer than the other two.

thanks for that tip.

[Melierax]

On 10/21/2019 at 1:43 PM, eatthegoodoftheland said:

thanks! immature? male? female? all these shorebirds look identical to me...

It's mostly the bill here that makes this look like a plover, since it's wide and only starts tapering to a point near to the end, whereas in sandpipers it tapers from the base all the way to the tip. I also think plovers can look a little taller than sandpipers. The leg color tends to be a good field mark as well in many peeps.