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Subject: ID for birds in Tai Po Kau [Print This Page]
Author: wkcheng    Time: 21/04/2009 21:44     Subject: ID for birds in Tai Po Kau

Please help to ID the birds.

#1


#2


#3


#4


#1 and #2 are the same bird.

#3 and #4 are another one. When I saw it with orange and blue bill, I asked myself why chestnut-tailed starling appear in Tai Po Kau instead of Kowloon. However, when I look at the photos carefully and recognised that the orange colour is near its body, this silly thought is thrown away. From #4, hair near the bill was saw so I think that it is a flycatcher.

Sorry that all the photos are of low quailty.

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Author: Beetle    Time: 21/04/2009 22:42

The first one (#1,#2) should be a Hainan Blue Flycatcher. i suggest you may have heard its song so you spot it among the trees?

The second one (#3,#4) Doesn't look like a starling nor a flycatcher. Could it be a Blue-winged Minla?

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Author: Tony    Time: 21/04/2009 23:09

I would agree 甲蟲's id on both birds.
Structure and colour match Blue winged Minla.
Author: wkcheng    Time: 22/04/2009 22:16

Thanks for both 甲蟲 and Tony. I have 2 more ticks on my list now.
Author: Beetle    Time: 22/04/2009 22:30

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Original posted by wkcheng at 22/04/2009 22:16
Thanks for both 甲蟲 and Tony. I have 2 more ticks on my list now.
Congratulations!
You should pay more attension to their behaviours in the future, which helps a lot in identifications.



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