cgeoff

The Records Committee has recently made the following additions to Category A of the HK List.

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 藍臉鰹鳥（「鰹」粵音「堅」）
One at Po Toi on 18th March 2008.

White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 白尾鸏（「鸏」粵音「蒙」）
An immature near Waglan on 4th May 2008.

Black Scoter Melanitta americana 黑海番鴨
One at Mai Po NR on 9th December 2007.

Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica 褐林鴞
One at Leadmine Pass on 6th November 2007.

Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 紅背伯勞
One at Ho Man Tin during 6-9th October 2008.

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 歐柳鶯
One at Long Valley on 23rd October 2008.

The Hong Kong List now stands at 489 species in Categories A-D, of which 466 are in Category A.

In addition, one species was added to Category E.

Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis 黃腹花蜜鳥
A male on Mount Parker on 13th April 2006.

Geoff Carey
Records Committee Chairman

[ Last edited by BWA at 25/02/2009 07:23 ]

cgeoff

In answer to the question as to when the updated list will be available for download, it is already. The posting from HKBWS refers to it as the 'non-rare species report form', which is rather confusing I know. However, if you download that, you'll see there is an updated list.

I'm not sure if there is a file for download that contains only the List. Probably not. However, the Excel file above can be amended very easily to only contain a list.

Geoff

cgeoff

Thanks very much.

The changes you suggest have recently been made, and the HK List in pdf will soon, if not already, be posted on the website. A key to the status abbreviations has been added. However, for the moment, not the meaning of each category. I will do this at the next revision. In the meantime, pls consult the Avifauna.

See the following:

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/viewthread.php?tid=8478&highlight=

Regards,

Geoff