lrichard

This is an astonishing record of a bird that's very rarely recorded in China.

As far as I'm aware, the only China records sre from Yunnan and Hainan.

There seem to be just four Yunnan records, all from the extreme south, southwest or west:

* one collected Jinghong 16 Apr 1960
* one collected Mangshi 26 Apr 1962
* one collected Tengchong date unknown (these 3 records listed in The Avifauna of Yunnan vol 1, 1995)
* two seen between Baihualing & Ruili on 3 Jan 2004 (per Cheung Ho-fai)

and these are the only known Hainan records, all from the West Coast in Nov-Dec:

* three collected Wanning Dec 1903 (The Birds of Hainan, Hartert 1910)
* three collected Puqian/Qinglangang 13 Nov-21 Dec 1964 (SCIEA Collection, Guangzhou)

This is a bird I dreamed of seeing on trips to Hainan & Yunnan - a great find by Bena & Roger!

lrichard

Whoops! I should have checked more carefully before I hit the reply button. The Hainan sites are on the East Coast, not the West Coast.

Anyway, my point is that the HK record is probably only the second for China since the 1960s and also a significant range extension.

Can anyone add more records?

lrichard

Yes, Mike Leven's right. It's not a range extension.

Assuming it's accepted as a wild bird, it's a first record for Hong Kong, Guangdong and Southeast China, and by far the most easterly for the species.