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Ruby-cheeked Sunbird 紫頰直嘴太陽鳥

This species is not known to migrate and has, I believe, not been recorded east of Yunnan i.e. there are no records for Guangxi or Guangdong. Therefore the chance of this being a genuine wild bird are very slim. Like the Blue-winged Leafbird, which has been at Tai Po Kau for a couple of years, and the Golden Babbler that I saw briefly there in June this year, this is - in my opinion - almost certainly a released/escaped bird.

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