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 >>  Bird ID Please!
        
(Message started by: Sze on Dec 7^th, 2005, 1:27am)

Title: Bird ID Please!
Post by Sze on Dec 7^th, 2005, 1:27am

Nam Sang Wai 南生圍
05/12/2005

The length of the bird is around 9in!
Sorry for the poor photo quality, since it is far from me!
And thanks for help! :)

http://images4.fotop.net/albums2/hokszewong/NSW05Dec05/NSW05Dec05_10074_80s.jpg

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by geoff_welch on Dec 8^th, 2005, 2:24pm

Looks like a Brown Shrike.

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by miket on Dec 8^th, 2005, 9:52pm

Isn't it just a Stonechat??

Mike Turnbull

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by Philadelphia on Dec 8^th, 2005, 10:43pm

yup~

i also think its a stonechat

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by Lynx on Dec 8^th, 2005, 10:55pm

I think its likely to be a female stonechat 8)

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by Sze on Dec 9^th, 2005, 12:59am

Thanks for all!

But I saw that it was a little bit larger than the stonechat!
Its size like a Oriental Magpie Robin and it seem a little bit fatter than a Stonechat too!

Anyway, deep thanks for all again! And sorry for the poor quality photo since it was far from me! :)

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by geoff_welch on Dec 9^th, 2005, 2:03am

I stay with Brown Shrike. In photo 1 and 4, you can see the dark mark through the eye. The buff underparts not untypical of Brown Shrike - see p214 of the new Birds of HK & S China.

Title: Re: Bird ID Please!
Post by Paul Leader on Dec 9^th, 2005, 9:25am

It is a female Stonechat. The tail is way too short for a shrike.