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Please help ID

Please help ID

5.10.2008 Long Valley
Is it impossible to tell the species of snipe just by the upperparts?


23.11.2008 Lai Chi Kok
The followings are the same bird:



Is it an Oriental Reed Warbler or something else?

23.11.2008 Lai Chi Kok


Is it a male Common Kestrel and not a Lesser Kestrel?

Thankyou very much.

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For the snipe I would say Pintail/Swinhoe's: these have paler shoulders and thinner eyestripe at the lores on average. The warbler looks good for Oriental Reed Warbler; the Kestrel has a prominent moustache, and if the diamond shaped tail and yellow claws aren't seen well it's very hard to argue for a lesser kestrel in Hong Kong given its range ^^". But we're always in for surprises, aren't we?

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Hi Koel,
Thanks for your reply with detailed explaination.

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