[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This winter plumaged "Greenland" or "Eastern" Wheatear was photographed during fall migration in Cape May, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: September 1988)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Northern Wheatear was photographed at Beeville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 11, 2010)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Northern Wheatear was photographed at Beeville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 11, 2010)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Northern Wheatear was photographed at Beeville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 11, 2010)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan 12 in.]

This Northern Wheatear was photographed at Beeville, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 11, 2010)

[Length 16.75 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This Whimbrel was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "Asian" Whimbrel was photographed from the Northwest Point seawatch at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 17.5 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This "Asian" Whimbrel in flight was photographed from the Northwest Point seawatch at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 16.75 in. Wingspan 32 in.]

This Whimbrel was photographed at the tidal mudflats, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon 1 V3 camera. (Date: May 14, 2017)