nlinyau 4/10/2008 01:30
unknown finch/bunting..........ID pls
2008 Oct 03 ,青衣 Tsing Yi
size is a bit smaller than a tree sparrow
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#2
[img]http://images4.fotop.net/albums4/yau312/greycappedgreenfinch/IMG_5490.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://images4.fotop.net/albums4/yau312/greycappedgreenfinch/IMG_5510.jpg[/img]
pitarhk 4/10/2008 07:22
Unknow bird and Tree Sparrow to contrast3551smile445
[img]http://images4.fotop.net/albums4/pitarhk/pitarhk50/CKW.jpg[/img]
lmichael 7/10/2008 22:54
This is probably an escaped African bishop (Euplectes spp. or possibly a whydah (Vidua spp.). There are a number of species which are easy to identify as adult males but really difficult as females or juveniles. If you submit the record to the Records Committee we will try our best but I don't promise!
Mike Leven
HFCheung 8/10/2008 15:13
Agree with Mike. I have checked a bit. It is clearly not a bunting. It is not a Baya weaver. Its proportion is very much a finch. The idea of a Finch in Africa came to my mind too.
HF Cheung