wilsondring

King's Park 03/03/2013 .. thanks to simon for the location .. cheers

[ Last edited by wilsondring at 3/03/2013 23:02 ]

wilsondring

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Original posted by lchunfai at 3/03/2013 20:41
Fujian Niltava

i appreciate that the two look similar and there is a debt about the two species on a separate thread regarding the same bird at King's Park Click Here, however, I stand by the fact that the white on the belly is not clear enough to be a Fujian, from all images, the rufous-orange looks uniform all the way down to the belly.

[ Last edited by wilsondring at 3/03/2013 20:51 ]

wilsondring

the only reference i have used has been "a photographic guide to the birds of hong kong" and it doesn't exactly show good photos of either ..

wilsondring

since the debt is on-going a week or 10 days since the first photos were published here, .. here are a few more taken exactly 6 days after my first photos were taken ..

again, i support the notion of rufous-bellied over the fujian .. due to the uniform orange belly ..

wilsondring

i believe that it all comes down to the orange on the breast and belly .. and how prominent the white.

from the photos of the King's Park bird, all except for a few feathers around the legs are completely orange, whereas the fujian should have a much clearer white towards the belly.

i appreciate that the orange shown in the photo kkoel, is far more orange through out, this can be achieved by the photographer post-editing to make the photograph more appealing as oppose to reflecting the true color of the plumage.