ddavid 9/09/2011 20:54
Lau Shui Heung Autumn 2011
Lau Shui Heung, Fanling - September 9, 2011
Chestnut Bulbul - 20+
Asian Paradise Flycatcher - 1
Arctic Warbler sp. - 1
White-bellied Epornis - 1
Indochinese(?) Green Magpie - 1 !!!!
David
bittern 1/10/2011 18:15
Wouldn't there be a big scramble to find that green magpie(I've never heard of it)?
ddavid 1/10/2011 18:46
Hi Bittern!
Common Green Magpie [i]Cissa chinensis[/i] and Indochinese Green Magpie [i]Cissa hypoleuca[/i] are similar species with their main ranges in Southeast Asia. In China they both extend as far east as Guangxi (according to Mackinnon). Both are resident species within their range, so a sighting in Hong Kong would presumably be of a released/escaped bird, although I don't know how common they are in the cagebird trade. The bird at Lau Shui Heung was feeding low down in forested undergrowth and was difficult to observe - rather like in the wild, in fact!
David
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