HKBWS BBS 香 港 觀 鳥 會 新 聞 組    Discussion Area 討論區    Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 (Moderators: BBS Moderators, Yat-tung YU)    Grey Crowned Warbler? « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Grey Crowned Warbler?  (Read 903 times) Tony BBS Member BBS Full Member I love bird watching!     Posts: 44 Grey Crowned Warbler? « on: Mar 31st, 2006, 11:46pm » Quote Modify Is there anyone can tell me whether the bird I seen is a Grey Crowned Warbler? I went with my friends Vivian and Chole to Lung Fu Shan at HKU and saw a warbler twice in undergrowth of a bamboo forest. The warbler looked actually the same as Grey Crowned Warbler.   The bird has very clear grey crown with thick black crown stripe and yellow eye ring. It has bright yellow bellied contrast to the green back. There is no wing bar on the bird and the tail appear with some white color.   Since I have seen a Bianchi's Warbler in New Territories in December last year which has clear yellow bar on its wing, so it can't be a Bianchi's. Would it be very possible a Grey Crowned Warbler?   Sorry that I can't take the photo of the bird since it flew so fast. Logged miket BBS Member BBS God I'd rather be birding!     Posts: 257 Re: Grey Crowned Warbler? « Reply #1 on: Apr 1st, 2006, 8:47am » Quote Modify It could have been White-spectacled Warbler, which has occurred in HK at least twwice. The race in South China has an irregularly shaped yellow eye-ring, "battleship grey" crwon and sides, with black lateral crown stripes, and, in my experience a notably bright yellow belly. Can't remember wing-bars or white in tail.   This is part of an extremely difficult group.   There may be photos of White-spectacled elsewhere on this BBS, unless they got wiped off in the hacking incident last year.   Mike Turnbull Logged miket BBS Member BBS God I'd rather be birding!     Posts: 257 Re: Grey Crowned Warbler? « Reply #2 on: Apr 1st, 2006, 8:48am » Quote Modify Sorry, forgot to ask where exactly was it at HKU?   Mike Turnbull Logged Tony BBS Member BBS Full Member I love bird watching!     Posts: 44 Re: Grey Crowned Warbler? « Reply #3 on: Apr 2nd, 2006, 5:31pm » Quote Modify Hi Mike,   Thanks for your comment. I can't find photos about the white spectabled warbler. the book describes White spectacled warbler has bolder wing bar than Bianchi's warbler. But the warbler we seen don't have any wing bar at all.   I think you might know the road of Brown Headed thrush. Don't enter the thrush road,but keep walk down stairs until you find a small road on the left which you need to cross the metal bridge. Keep walk up the rock road and turn right until you see there are two ways to choose.   Walk forward, pass the bridge(the place of first record of Ferruginous Flycatcher in HKU two weeks ago) and you will see a park. Turn right to pass a pavilion. You will see a road to a bamboo forest on you left. The warbler is out there.   Tony Logged 深藍 Owen BBS Administrator LOVE KINGFISHER~!     Gender: Posts: 1358 Re: Grey Crowned Warbler? « Reply #4 on: Apr 2nd, 2006, 6:03pm » Quote Modify Tony, some white spectabled warbler for you.   http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bir d_ID=1872&PHPSESSID=aef6d300f50246ac59c587ab5bb4c09f Logged ___________________ http://www.i-owen.com 香港昆蟲網 http://hkinsect.net/forum Tony BBS Member BBS Full Member I love bird watching!     Posts: 44 Re: Grey Crowned Warbler? « Reply #5 on: Apr 2nd, 2006, 10:46pm » Quote Modify Thanks Owen, The bird is quite clear but the warbler i seen had thicker and darker eye stripe. And the color on the back seem too drak green for the bird i seen. Maybe it the light effect. Logged Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement 簡訊通告 -----------------------------  - Membership Affair 會員事務   - Outings / Activities 戶外活動 / 講座   - Projects 項目計劃   - Crested Bulbul Club 紅耳鵯俱樂部 ----------------------------- Discussion Area 討論區 -----------------------------  - General 一般問題   - Conservation 自然保育 => Bird Identification 鳥類辨識   - Birding Reports & Tips 觀鳥報告及心得   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 I   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 II ----------------------------- Special Topics 特別主題 -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu 野鳥與禽流感   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley 塱原可持續生態管理計劃   - Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺   - Goodbye Penfold 告別彭福   - Tern Conservation 燕鷗保育   - Black-eared Kite 鳶(麻鷹)   - Swifts and Swallows 燕與雨燕   - China Birdwatching Network 中國觀鳥活動網絡   - Winter Altas Survey 冬季鳥類普查   - Nature Conservation Policy 自然保育政策 ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing 知識分享 -----------------------------  - FAQ 常見問題   - Archive 資料重溫 « Previous topic | Next topic »

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