james4j 8/01/2009 00:59
ID please. Thanks
6_Jan_09
Shek Kong
(the bird in the middle of the photo)
The Photo was taken by a friend who is not a member of HKBWS.
thinfor 8/01/2009 09:30
It should be a white-backed munia (白腰文鳥). 3551d16c4689445
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
HFCheung 8/01/2009 19:39
Size similar to a bulbul and tail is not pointed: it is not an munia. I can't decide what it is, based on this photo.
HF Cheung
Andiona 8/01/2009 22:59
Is it a possible a Hawfinch?????
thinfor 8/01/2009 23:40
Thanks for the comments...the posts are not farther apart so munia cannot be that big! 3551sweat445
kmatthew 9/01/2009 01:26
The structure of this bird just look like a Bulbul to me...But I can't work out which way it's head is facing!! Also, is the pointy bit towards the right of the bird it's beak??3551a50445
ajohn 9/01/2009 09:07
The body and tail looks like Chinese Bulbul, but like others I'm struggling to work out what position the head is in (maybe preening the back?). It looks to have a heavy finch-like bill, but I think that is an optical illusion
hpippen 9/01/2009 09:07
I think that was also a Red-whiskered Bulbul too. He was scratching his back with his beak, so his crest look like his new beak in the photo.3551smile445
james4j 9/01/2009 22:06
Thank you all of you very much for helping to i.d. the bird.3551smile445