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[Hong Kong] Is it a starling?

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1^# A A A Post at 6/11/2015 20:18 Show all

There is a short paper on this phenomenon in BirdingAsia (bulletin of the Oriental Bird Club) Number 22, December 2014 by local birders Dave Stanton & Michael Leven.

The main conclusion seems to be that starlings are dyed by bird-traders to make the birds more colourful and therefore more attractive to buyers.

David

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