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Author: cthomas Time: 8/08/2014 21:55 Subject: Please help ID

Please help ID.

6/8/2014
Mai Po 米埔

Author: John Holmes Time: 9/08/2014 22:01 Subject: Mai Po bird for ID

I'm not 100 % sure, but this could be an "exotic" such as Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer), an African species.

There were mid-summer records in HK of escaped or released Yellow-crowned Bishops in the 1980s, according to the Avifauna of Hong Kong.

Author: cthomas Time: 9/08/2014 23:05

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Original posted by John Holmes at 9/08/2014 22:01
I'm not 100 % sure, but this could be an "exotic" such as Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer), an African species.

There were mid-summer records in HK of escaped or released Yellow-crowned Bishops ...

John,

Thanks for your ID!

Thomas.

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