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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  (China) medium-sized Black Bird [中國] 黑色中型雀???
        
(Message started by: bfspoonbill on May 23^rd, 2005, 1:33pm)

Title: (China) medium-sized Black Bird [中國] 黑色中型雀???
Post by bfspoonbill on May 23^rd, 2005, 1:33pm

牠在草地上跳來跳去，又飛上矮樹（約兩米高）上，像是烏鶇，但是肥一點（比較厚身）和長一點，然而卻頗敏捷。不知是否烏鶇呢？

21/5/2005 中國浙江寧波余姚河姆渡遺址博物館外的草地矮樹上
http://everwell.dynu.com:3880/Birdwatching/Unknown-NingBo-20050521/P5210159-a.JPG

http://everwell.dynu.com:3880/Birdwatching/Unknown-NingBo-20050521/P5210159-s.jpg (http://everwell.dynu.com:3880/Birdwatching/Unknown-NingBo-20050521/P5210159.JPG)

Title: Re: [中國] 一隻黑色的中大型雀
Post by HF_Cheung on May 23^rd, 2005, 7:04pm

I guess it is female Common Blackbird. Size can be very difficult to assess accurately.

HF Cheung

Title: Re: [中國] 一隻黑色的中大型雀
Post by bfspoonbill on May 25^th, 2005, 2:11pm

Thanks for the guess. Sorry, I do not have reference book on hand right now. But how can female be identified?

From a UK site (http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Turdus_merula/more_still_images.html), I can only conclude that the male is quite black in colour and female is brownish in colour. Is this the keypoint in identifying the sex? BTW, this bird is not too brownish to me.

Title: Re: [中國] 一隻黑色的中大型雀
Post by HF_Cheung on May 25^th, 2005, 8:54pm

This following photo is a Male Common Blackbird. This bird is often described as having a black colour. The female is often described as brownish - meaning that it is still basically black but tinted lightly to brown colour.

HF Cheung

http://www.geocities.com/aphfcheung/IMG_5926Q.jpg
Male Common Blackbird, Lhasa Tibet, 8 May 2005, Canon 10D, 100-400mm / 5.6 lens