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unknown finch/bunting..........ID pls

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1^# A A A Post at 4/10/2008 01:30 Show author

unknown finch/bunting..........ID pls

2008 Oct 03 ,青衣 Tsing Yi
size is a bit smaller than a tree sparrow
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2^# A A A Post at 4/10/2008 07:22 Show author

Unknow bird and Tree Sparrow to contrast

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3^# A A A Post at 7/10/2008 22:54 Show author

This is probably an escaped African bishop (Euplectes spp. or possibly a whydah (Vidua spp.). There are a number of species which are easy to identify as adult males but really difficult as females or juveniles. If you submit the record to the Records Committee we will try our best but I don't promise!

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4^# A A A Post at 8/10/2008 15:13 Show author

Agree with Mike. I have checked a bit. It is clearly not a bunting. It is not a Baya weaver. Its proportion is very much a finch. The idea of a Finch in Africa came to my mind too.

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