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Subject: Leucistic Common Koel 白變噪鵑 [Print This Page]

Author: jsk_ppp Time: 29/09/2016 19:20 Subject: Leucistic Common Koel 白變噪鵑

Mai Po - 25 September 2016

[ Last edited by jsk_ppp at 1/10/2016 09:26 ]

Author: lexusjohn Time: 30/09/2016 08:20

Good find and good shots !!!

Author: irsychan Time: 30/09/2016 08:41

The Chinese for 'Leucistic' is '白色亞種'. This is different to '白化' ('Albino').
Nevertheless, your photos are excellent!

[ Last edited by irsychan at 30/09/2016 10:17 ]

Author: thui Time: 30/09/2016 14:24

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Original posted by irsychan at 30/09/2016 08:41
The Chinese for 'Leucistic' is '白色亞種'. This is different to '白化' ('Albino').
Nevertheless, your photos are excellent!

I believe this is not a correct Chinese translation and is quite misleading indeed as leucistic individuals do not naturally form a subspecies (亞種). A more appropriate and commonly used term would be "白變".

Author: irsychan Time: 30/09/2016 16:08

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Original posted by thui at 30/09/2016 14:24

I believe this is not a correct Chinese translation and is quite misleading indeed as leucistic individuals do not naturally form a subspecies (亞種). A more appropriate and commonly used term would ...

Thank you for the correction. Yes, 白變 is probably a more popular and better translation for leucistic. Someone may wish to rectify Wikipedia as well..

Author: jsk_ppp Time: 1/10/2016 09:26

Thank you SY and Thui for pointing this out. Cheers.

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