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Author: hetta Time: 7/03/2007 19:03 Subject: Please help ID - ? Starling/Common Myna juvenile

The bird called like a Starling and looked like a juvenile. Please kindly help ID, thanks.

05 Mar 2007 at Tseung Kwan O.

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Author: hetta Time: 7/03/2007 19:05

One more picture.

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Author: yjoe Time: 10/03/2007 23:17

From his yellow eye and black tail with white edge,
I guess ... Myna, Common Myna.

Oh! Etta h, long time no see lar.

Author: hetta Time: 11/03/2007 19:38

Hello Joe, thanks for the help indeed!

Author: John Holmes Time: 12/03/2007 08:48 Subject: Juvenile Starling query

Hi Etta and Joe,

From the shape of the bare skin around the eye, and the pattern of the tail, I'm confident the dark bird is a juvenile Black-collared Starling.

Regards
John

Author: hetta Time: 12/03/2007 14:04

Hello John,

Thanks for the identification, this helps.

I've thought about the possibility of this bird was a Starling juvenile.  And I wondered would that be two plumage phases of the Black-collared Starling juvenile? I'd only seen the beige head colour plumage of the Black-collared Starling juvenile before.

Another fact was I heard this bird called like a Starling when it flew away.  If this were a Common Myna, could it imitate the call of a Starling or I'd heard wrong.

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