查看完整版本: What kind of bird? Wild or fled?

xiang88 10/06/2015 13:23

What kind of bird? Wild or fled?

This is taken in a place near Bird Garden in Kowloon.
Date: 4 Jun 2015
What is the species of the bird? Is it wild or fled? When I saw it, there was another nearby.
[attach]22034[/attach]

星魚 10/06/2015 16:14

It seen as a Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush

xiang88 10/06/2015 17:32

Thank you very much! It is also a special species to me.

John Holmes 23/06/2015 08:29

Necklace colours

Quoting from [i][b]"The birds of Hong Kong and south China"[/b][/i] by Viney, Phillipps and Lam: -

"Birds of south China race [i]picticollis[/i] have blue-grey patches at the sides of the neck but birds showing the black necklace typical of more westerly races also occur in HK".

From the photo (and despite the location) this looks like the south China race.

So it seems more likely to be wild, but nothing is 100% certain with birds !

[[i] Last edited by John Holmes at 23/06/2015 08:31 [/i]]

xiang88 6/07/2015 18:39

Thank you very much for your reply. Your reply is very clear.

ajohn 7/07/2015 10:09

Given the location I think there is a chance that this is an escape from the bird market rather than a bird from the feral HK population.
But as John says, it's difficult to be entirely sure one way or the other.

xiang88 7/07/2015 18:18

Thank you!
頁: [1]
查看完整版本: What kind of bird? Wild or fled?