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(Message started by: A Newbie on Oct 28^th, 2003, 1:04am)

Title: What is it?
Post by A Newbie on Oct 28^th, 2003, 1:04am

A HK guy posted the following image to a digital photo newsgroup, together with spotted dove and some other doves.

What can it be? I really have no idea.
http://everwell.dynu.com:3880/BirdWatching/BB4.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/guest/guestanewbiecmagpie01.jpg

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by isaac_chan on Oct 28^th, 2003, 4:11am

鵲椋
香港公園觀鳥園?

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by mike turnbull on Oct 29^th, 2003, 1:39pm

It's a Celebes (Sulawesi) Magpie. They can be seen in the aviary at Hong Kong Park.

Mike Turnbull, Julian Chan, Sian Wei Wong, Jameson Ashworth and Angus Luk, Island School.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by Forrest FONG on Oct 30^th, 2003, 12:05am

Hi A Newbie,

Do you know where and when the photo was taken?
Please provide the location and the date of the photo.

Regards

Forrest

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by John Holmes on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 9:55pm

This is also known as White-necked Myna in "Birds of Wallacea"; - Streptocitta albicollis is the latin name.

It is fairly common in the Nature Reserves at Tangkoko and Dumoga Bone ( in Northern Sulawesi ). However, that race has an all-black bill. This specimen will be from southern Sulawesi ; the bill has a yellow tip.

Title: Re: What is it?
Post by A Newbie on Nov 3^rd, 2003, 12:06pm

Thanks to you all.

I don't know where and when that guy took the photo.

But I can also remember that I have seen this in aviary at Hong Kong Park.

Anyway, it is interesting to study more about it.