Paux

Early Sept. 2012
Shenlongjia 神農架
Areas covered : Muyu 木魚鎮, Banshan Hotel(+2,000m above sea level)半山酒店 & Dajiuhu Wetland Park (+1,700m above sea level)大九湖濕地公園

Pied Harrier  鵲鷂

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White-crowned Forktail 白額燕尾

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Little Forktail 小燕尾

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Brown Dipper 褐河烏

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Plumbeous Redstart 紅尾水鴝

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Collared Finchbill 領雀嘴鵯

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Oriental Turtle Dove 山斑鳩

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Paux

Paul, thanks for your correction. It's really hard for me to tell if it's a Pied Harrier or Hen Harrier as their features are so confusing, even harder for an immature!

Elliot's Laughingthrush 橙翅噪鶥

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Chinese Babax 矛紋草鶥

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Red-billed Leiothrix 紅嘴相思鳥

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Marsh Tit 沼澤山雀

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Grey-headed Flycatcher 方尾鶲

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Long-tailed Shrike 棕背伯勞

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Chestnut-eared Bunting 栗耳鵐

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Sooty Tit 銀臉長尾山雀

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Brown-breasted Flycatcher 褐胸鶲

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Grey-crowned Warbler 灰冠鶲鶯

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Plumbeous Redstart 紅尾水鴝

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Some butterflies (Please correct me if the names are wrong as I am not familiar with butterflies. Thanks)
Chinese Peacock 碧鳳蝶

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Asian Swallowtail 柑桔鳳蝶

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Indian Fritillary 斐豹蛺蝶

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Finally, a view of Dajiuhu. Thanks for viewing.

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Paux

Jonathan, thanks for your comments.
Regarding the Brown-breasted Flycatcher, I've ruled it out as a Ferruginous Flycatcher due to its pinky leg colour. For the range, both of these two birds can be found in southern China including Guangdong.
http://www.cnbird.org.cn/name_li ... p;bh=0731&sl=19

For the Brown Shrike, it's very common in the areas I visited, much more in nos. than Long-tailed Shrike. For the bird in the picture, I think the base colour of the breast & tail colour look more like a Brown Shrike.

Regards,
Paul

Paux

Jonathan & John, thanks for your further comments. I'll correct the name of the Shrike. And I post here a photo of Brown Shrike which I hope would be correct this time !

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Regarding the Flycatcher in question, for the time being, I'm still in favour of a Brown-breasted Flycatcher. A photo showing the bill colour which fits the description of a BB Flycatcher is attached. For the wing size, I don't think it's too long (relative to the tail) comparing to the picture shown on "Birds of HK & South China". Furthermore, there were records of BBF in Shennonjia in recent years but no Ferruginous Flycatcher (non-official).

Paul

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Paux

Mike, thanks for your comments.

Regards,
Paul