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2013-Aug-28

Just near the entrance:
Red-flanked Bluetail 1 female

A few minutes later, I saw a bird wave consisting of:
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 3
Mountain Tailorbird
Fork-tailed Sunbird
Grey-chinned Minivet
Blue-winged Minla
Yellow-cheeked Tit

Later on, near the junction of Red Trail and Blue Trail:
Mountain Bulbul 4

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紅協藍尾鴝.  Red-flanked Bluetail female
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三隻絨額鳾在樹上. Three Velvet-fronted Nuthatchs on a tree:
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Hot day but you were well rewarded.  I think that would be an extremely early record for red-flanked bluetail (if not the earliest by a long way, 23 October is mentioned as earliest record in 2011 HK bird report).  

Could it have been Hainan Blue Flycatcher?

Dylan

[[i] Last edited by subbuteo at 28/08/2013 20:56 [/i]]

[url=http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2646&Bird_Image_ID=8169&p=23]From OBC: [url]http://orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?Bird_ID=2646&Bird_Image_ID=8169&p=23[/url][/url]

two more pictures:
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What I observed was that:
Behavior:
it jump up and down near the bottom of the trees.
Call:
It give a single tone of "tick" sound.
Appearance
I'm sure the tail is blue color and the throat is orange.
Is it a Hainan Blue Flycatcher Female?  Thanks.

[[i] Last edited by ac130 at 28/08/2013 21:10 [/i]]

Hi,

For Red-flanked Bluetail, the female would have a white throat rather than orange throat.

In my opinion, this bird is one of the "blue flycatchers" female.



[quote]Original posted by [i]ac130[/i] at 28/08/2013 21:02 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=59003&ptid=19432][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
two more pictures:
15448

15449

What I observed was that:
Behavior:
it jump up and down near the bottom of the trees.
Call:
It give a single tone of "tick" sound.
Appearance
I'm sure the tail is blue ... [/quote]

I agree, a blue tail is not right for Hainan Blue female, so I am not sure either! Did you see a blue tail as it is not clear from the photo?

Otherwise, I would say it is a Hainan Blue Flycatcher female.

Dylan

[[i] Last edited by subbuteo at 29/08/2013 13:56 [/i]]

fatchun and subbuteo, thanks for your comments.  I agree it is a kind of blue flycatcher. And due to my unclear pictures, i can't id it accurately.

a blue and white flycatcher was seen in the area at around the same time ..

Dear all

From the sound described as 'tick, tick', the bird is more likely to be a Hainan blue fly. I heard the same kind of call at Shing Mun too.


S L Tai