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Author: mguy    Time: 15/11/2017 03:30     Subject: Magpie Robin ?

Photo taken by Duncan Leitch on a visit to HK earlier in the year... assume is a Magpie Robin, but thought best to check... thx

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Author: lmichael    Time: 15/11/2017 14:43

Are you sure that this was taken in Hong Kong? With the largely black belly this looks like one of the Philippine or Bornean taxa which are often treated as different species.
Author: sdavid    Time: 15/11/2017 15:34

Something odd going on with its bill as well? Escape?
Author: mguy    Time: 15/11/2017 17:00

Have learned that is apparently considered a sub-species Magpie Robin according to "Birds of the World" & is in the minority... was taken in HK... also noticed the hookless beak..... subspecies may be as a result of captivity & interbreeding, but is nonetheless considered a sub-species




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