Red-Necked Stint can be quite similar as "Little Stint" if you have not seen a "Little Stint" before and you can get even more disillusioned when your bogey bird keeps eluding you for a long time. Here are some of the "Red-Necked Stint" photos which i have taken recently and the first two photos below look quite similar to a "Little Stint".
My reasons for saying so: "slight drooping bill", "longer tibia" and "faint supercilium".
Dave Bakewell's comment: "horizontal", "neckless" and "big head". I guess the key word here is "Slender Body(horizontal)". So it is not a "Little Stint" after all.
The rest of the photos below were more straight forward and should point to a Red-Necked Stint.
Unlike the Red-Necked Stint, Broad-Billed Sandpiper is much easier to identify (i.e less confusing). Here are some of its photos:
Now you might asked how does a "Curlew Sandpiper" looks like then? Here are some of its photos for comparison:
From the above photos you can roughly distinguished that "Curlew Sandpiper" is larger than "Broad-Billed Sandpiper" (in size) and they have a more slender, smoother and longer downward curved bill.
Enjoy your birding adventures to the fullest !
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