Subject: Please help ID [Print This Page] Author: ctakming Time: 23/11/2008 18:58 Subject: 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. Author: kkoel Time: 28/11/2008 16:40
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? Author: ctakming Time: 1/12/2008 23:05
Hi Koel,
Thanks for your reply with detailed explaination.
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