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stonechat? (Long-tailed Shrike dark morth)

is it siberian stonechat? sorry for poor quality
2-Aug-10 Wetland park

This is a dusky shrike the dark morph of long-tailed shrike.

Dylan

Thanks Dylan,

I did not find the name Dusky Shrike on the HK guidebook. Is it rare in HK? or I miss it from the book?

Walter

There is a new photo of dusky shrike [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/viewthread.php?tid=11934&highlight=]here[/url].   There is a picture of the darkest form on page 215 of the latest Birds of S China and HK. They are uncommon but certainly not hard to see thanks to their noisy habits and tendency to sit prominently; I see one regularly near home.  I think your picture is of an intermediate bird- not quite a full dusky morph.

I found it, thank Dylan