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Original - Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis), Winter Plumage, Ralph's Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Reason
Very few available images for this species. The shells give good context.
Articles in which this image appears
Red-necked Stint
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Noodle snacks
Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk ) 01:38, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
Support -- ♫Greatorangepumpkin♫ T 14:03, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Support Great capture of the species, the feet are slightly obscured by the shells but not enough to worry about. Fallschirmjäger ✉ 21:39, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
Support as per Fallschirmjäger. Purpy Pupple (talk ) 08:04, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Support -- I'm seeing a bit of chromatic aberration on the beak, but am happy to support anyway. NotFromUtrecht (talk ) 09:06, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Oppose Lack of contrast at the breast, no differentiation from background, significant noise on beak and feathers. I'll also note, by the by, that resolution on subject is less than other currently opposed images. It would be nice to have some consistency. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk ) 09:11, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Oppose Sorry the "lack of contrast at the breast" is the killer for me. Aaadddaaammm (talk ) 17:40, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
Promoted File:Calidris ruficollis 2.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk ) 01:38, 5 January 2011 (UTC)