Subject: [Hong Kong] Blue bird ID pls (Sai Kung) [Print This Page] Author: jipppbumade Time: 28/10/2022 13:50 Subject: 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)
Author: John Holmes Time: 29/10/2022 16:20 Subject: Mystery bird
Could it be Orange-bellied Leafbird ? A suggestion only. Author: gordonvr Time: 1/11/2022 07:18
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? Author: John Holmes Time: 1/11/2022 16:14 Subject: Leafbirds
Ah, I forgot that, after scientific work, the leafbirds have been reclassified and ours in HK is now “Greyish-crowned Leafbird” Chloropsis lazulina.
For HK birding purposes, same bird, new name
It can be worth downloading the HK species list, also from this website
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