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Another interesting Niltava

Another interesting Niltava

Saw this Niltava today at TPK. This first year bird clearly has a black lower mandible. Although I didn't get a photo of the underparts, in the binoculars the undertail coverts and belly were lighter than breast but still orangish somewhat similar to King's Park bird (which I went to see yesterday).



As a comparison this bird was the Niltava I saw 23 January 2013 also at TPK. It is an adult and clearly a different bird but it also has an all dark bill.



I think all these birds are probably Fujian Niltava and the pale bill perhaps isn't that usefull a fieldmark. Of course, I don't know for sure and there aren't a lot of photos of Fujian Niltava available on the internet.

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I think the wings are considerable browner on the first bird than the second.

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