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Author: Andiona Time: 30/01/2009 00:42 Subject: Plain Flowerpecker ???Please help to ID

Please help to ID, Is it possible a Plain Flowerpecker 純色啄花鳥 ??????

1 Jan 2008 @ Tai Po Kau ( 吊鍾林 )

Author: HFCheung Time: 30/01/2009 13:36

Any idea on whether there is any red on the rump? With this feature, any attempt to ID is not completely convincing.

HF Cheung

Author: Andiona Time: 1/02/2009 01:24

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Original posted by HFCheung at 30/01/2009 13:36
Any idea on whether there is any red on the rump? With this feature, any attempt to ID is not completely convincing.

HF Cheung

Actually I can't see his back side, so I'm no sure there is any red or not.

Anyway thank you for your reply.

Author: John Holmes Time: 1/02/2009 08:10 Subject: Mystery Flowerpecker

Have we considered the possibility of Buff-bellied Flowerpecker ?

The belly here is very buff-coloured and Tai Po Kau is a good site for Buff-bellied, as well as for Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker.

I have little experience of Plain Flowerpecker, and I'm not qualified to add anything to what is written in "The Birds of Hong Kong and South China". (I'm assuming you have the book.)

According to Robson's "Birds of South-East Asia" PLAIN has "Greenish-olive upperside, pale olive-greyish underside, cream-coloured belly centre and sometimes throat..."

Do you have any other shots of this bird ?

John

Author: Andiona Time: 1/02/2009 21:15

Is it possible a Female Buff bellied Flowerpecker ????

[ Last edited by Andiona at 1/02/2009 21:18 ]

Author: John Holmes Time: 2/02/2009 18:03 Subject: Buff-bellied Flowerpecker

Yes, I think it is Buff-bellied Flowerpecker, a female.

Older Hong Kong bird books (and Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 13) call this species FIRE-BREASTED Flowerpecker, which is a much more exciting name !

Author: Andiona Time: 2/02/2009 21:28

Thank You John & 輝哥

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