HKBWS BBS 香港觀鳥會新聞組


    
      
        HKBWS BBS 香 港 觀 鳥 會 新 聞 組
        (http://www.hkbws.org.hk/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl)
      

        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  Status of 2 species query
        
(Message started by: Andrew_H on Apr 10^th, 2005, 1:34pm)

Title: Status of 2 species query
Post by Andrew_H on Apr 10^th, 2005, 1:34pm

I'm not sure which forum to use for this question - sorry.

One bird I don't recall seeing at Mai Po last time I birded there on and off (97-99) is Azure-winged magpie. However I have seen a group of 3 birds on a couple of occasions recently. I think I read in Avifauna of HK that it is a Cat E bird. What is its status now?

Secondly. I saw an Oriental cuckoo at Mai Po yesterday (april 9th 2005) and this is in the Avifauna of HK as a scarce passage migrant. The timing of the sighting seems to correspond with the expected peak of appearance in HK. How scarce is this species these days?

TIA
Andre

Title: Re: Status of 2 species query
Post by Mike Kilburn on Apr 14^th, 2005, 2:18pm

Azure-winged Magpies at Mai Po are also escapes.

They've been established here for a couple of years and have spread to Mai Po Sun Tsuen Village,and I even have one record from Ng Tung Chai.

Oriental Cuckoo is seem in small numbers every year (but sometimes very small numbers).

Cheers
Mike k