tbob

24th Feb 2006, Tai Po Kau

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jingbar/4410161890/

I need help identifying this bird, at first I thought it was just a Scarlet Minivet but then looking closely I thought maybe a Short-billed Minivet. Refering to page 14 "Birds of Hong Kong and South China" by Viney, Phillipps & Lam

Thanks

tbob

Thanks Mathew for the quick reply
Bob

tbob

John, Judging from the sketches on page 14 of "Birds of HK", the ammount of red breast between the throat and the wing seemed to be relatively small. I could not determine if "the red spot" was in fact on the wing or was I seeing part of the red back.

Bob

tbob

John, After going through the video frame by frame I have to agree with you that it is a spot, as indicated by arrow

Thank you very much

Bob