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(Message started by: cywong on Feb 26^th, 2003, 11:45pm)

Title: Chestnut-tailed Starling 灰頭椋鳥
Post by cywong on Feb 26^th, 2003, 11:45pm

426 Chestnut-tailed Starling 灰頭椋鳥
Kowloon Park 九龍公園
25/2/2003
http://hk.geocities.com/cywong5555/img_1770s.jpg
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/PhotoG/cywong/cywongctstarling01.jpg

The bird has no white shoulder stripe (as shown in other photos).
Thanks for any advice.

Title: Re: Is this a Chestnut-tailed Starling 灰頭椋鳥?
Post by Koel_Ko on Feb 27^th, 2003, 4:48pm

It is the Chestnut-tailed Starling. The yellow bill with blue base is charactristic. :D

Title: Re: Is this a Chestnut-tailed Starling 灰頭椋鳥?
Post by TH_Kwan on Mar 2^nd, 2003, 5:38pm

Please note that this species in Kowloon Park is the Sturnus Nemoricola instead of the Sturnus Malabaricus.
The one illustrated in the Hong Kong & South China Birds page 4 is Sturnus Malabaricus. The one shown in the photograph was illustrated in plate 73 no. 5a in "A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia"

A noteworthy characteristic of this species is the narrow streak of chestnut color connecting the legs and the flanks, a feature beautifully illustrated in this photograph.

TH Kwan.

Title: Re: Is this a Chestnut-tailed Starling 灰頭椋鳥?
Post by cywong on Mar 15^th, 2003, 5:29pm

Thanks to Koel_Ko and TH_Kwan.