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(Message started by: Swing on Aug 26th, 2006, 11:08am)
Title: new comer..
Post by Swing on Aug 26th, 2006, 11:08am
在台灣中文書找到最接近是黑鷺,但都只是深灰色!!
終於在英文鳥書見到一樣的,叫"little blue heron"
全黑光身,所表和size同百鷺一樣~對嗎?
http://image22.webshots.com/23/1/16/86/2193116860058543728QEWxqA_ph.jpg
Title: Re: new comer..
Post by Falcon on Aug 26th, 2006, 6:52pm
Did you take this photo in HK?? because Little Blue Heron only occurs in America, and have a rather purplish neck. The bill and face of a Little Blue Heron is also blue whcih does not match with the photo you have here.

This bird in your photo is a Pacific Reef Egret, which can be seen in HK coastal waters. To identify this bird, note the dark grey body, white throat and greenish yellow legs, the bill of a Reef Egret will only be orange when breeding. If you see a dark small grey heron or egret flying out at see, you can be sure it is a Pacific Reef Egret. ;)

Happy Birding!! ;D


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