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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Yellow-bellied Prinia & Common Tailorbird 
        
(Message started by: leung_sir on Mar 24^th, 2004, 10:24pm)

Title: Yellow-bellied Prinia & Common Tailorbird
Post by leung_sir on Mar 24^th, 2004, 10:24pm

I'm not quite sure the different between these two...
http://202.82.19.81/student_area/class_outside/220204/灰頭鷦鶯1.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/leung_sir/leung_sir_021.jpg
and....
http://202.82.19.81/student_area/class_outside/200304/鶯1.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/leung_sir/leung_sir_022.jpg
http://202.82.19.81/student_area/class_outside/200304/鶯2.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/leung_sir/leung_sir_023.jpg
Are they Yellow-bellied prinia or plain-bellied prinia or both are not?? Thank you for your attention and help!!

Title: Re: Bird ID please!!!^_^
Post by gjcarey on Mar 25^th, 2004, 8:46am

The first is Yellow-bellied Prinia. The latter two are Common Tailorbird.

Geoff

Title: Re: Bird ID please!!!^_^
Post by leung_sir on Mar 25^th, 2004, 3:27pm

Thank you very much! Some birds are too alike...it's not easy to distinquish...