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(Message started by: horseeagledog on Dec 18^th, 2005, 8:06pm)

Title: Yellow Throated Minivet
Post by horseeagledog on Dec 18^th, 2005, 8:06pm

Tai Po Kau 18 Dec05
with EOS300D, Sigma 80-400 OS

http://mars.walagata.com/w/chiwawa/IMG_9985s.jpg
http://mars.walagata.com/w/chiwawa/IMG_9987s.jpg

Title: Re: Yellow Throated Minivet
Post by Lynx on Dec 18^th, 2005, 10:01pm

Hi, Horseeagledog!

Are you the young man who was shooting birds next to me in Tai Po Kau today?

In my humble opinion, I think this bird is a grey-throated minivet. The yellow breast and belly indicate that this one is a female. For male, the colour is "scarlet" red 8)

Title: Re: Yellow Throated Minivet
Post by horseeagledog on Dec 19^th, 2005, 6:21pm

After seeing your post I am quite sure we are shooting the same bird and I am the one shooting next to you.

I know quite little in bird classification, and after some discussion in Owen's newsgroup I was told this is a '灰喉山椒鳥' and I search in yahoo with the Chinese name and got the English name. After getting your comment I look into a few more search result and seems people translate both Grey- and Yellow-throated minivet to the same Chinese name. I think Grey-throated minivet should better match the color of this bird. ;D

Title: Re: Yellow Throated Minivet
Post by Webcreeper on Dec 19^th, 2005, 6:51pm

Yes, according to Avibase (http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN&id=A4D91533AE377EB9&ts=1134989036296) Yellow-throated Minivet is another name for Grey-throated Minivet. There are also other names as well, e.g. Grey-chinned Minivet and Mountain Minivet. However most people here call it Grey-throated. ;)

Title: Re: Yellow Throated Minivet
Post by Lynx on Dec 19^th, 2005, 6:57pm

Thanks Horseeagledog!

It appears that the term "Yellow Throated Minivet" is popularly used in Taiwan websites for describing the same bird. 8)