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(Message started by: Sze on Mar 3^rd, 2006, 9:18pm)

Title: Thrush ID Please!
Post by Sze on Mar 3^rd, 2006, 9:18pm

Is it a Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (栗腹磯鶇) or Blue Rock Thrush (藍磯鶇)?
Thanks a lot!

Photo By William Wong
27Nov2005
KFBG 嘉道理農場

http://images4.fotop.net/albums2/hokszewong/RecordPhoto/DSCN6586s.jpg

Title: Re: Thrush ID Please!
Post by miket on Mar 4^th, 2006, 11:06pm

Certainly Chestnut-bellied, William.

The black "face", as well as the overall darkness of the bird indicates this, + I believe the shape of the bill, or certainly the lower mandible. In C-b. R. Thrush it's like this ie concave, giving a slighly downturned bill, while in Blue R. Thrush it's convex, contributing to the impression of a straighter bill.

Mike Turnbull

Title: Re: Thrush ID Please!
Post by Sze on Mar 5^th, 2006, 12:57am

Thanks a lot ! Mike! :)