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[Hong Kong] Blue bird ID pls (Sai Kung)

Blue bird ID pls (Sai Kung)

Navy blue head and back
Orange chest and belly
Distinctive white eye strip
Medium size of about 18-22cm
Sighting at Pak Tam Ngau, Sai Kung
(Sorry about the poor quality of the photo)

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Mystery bird

Could it be Orange-bellied Leafbird ?  A suggestion only.
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Being a newbie birder, I looked up the Orange-bellied Leafbird in the HKBWS Field Guide - published just a couple of months ago - to find that it is not listed.  It does appear in the Society's Photographic Guide, published in 2020.  What's going on?

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Leafbirds

Ah, I forgot that, after scientific work, the leafbirds have been reclassified and ours in HK is now “Greyish-crowned LeafbirdChloropsis lazulina.

For HK birding purposes, same bird, new name

It can be worth downloading the HK species list, also from this website

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/viewthread.php?tid=30612
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OK, got it, thanks.

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