wgeoff

Apart from the second photo, I would have thought this was a good candidate for the Ryukyu Island subspecies owstoni.

Are you sure the second photograph is the same bird? It looks orange vs yellow is the other photos.

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wgeoff

Thanks wingwing, I think it's the same bird, just a lighting issue.

I'll submit it for review by the Records Committee as a possible owstoni

wgeoff

I was looking particularly at the first and now the last photos above and comparing with the photo of owstoni on page 145 of the 2005-06 HKBR.
I agree, some of the other photos look rather different.

But it's not up to me to decide. I just collect records for the Records Committee to take the decision. As I said above, I'll just submit it as 'possible' - as you say, identification is not straightforward and it's sometimes as useful to have 'not accepted' on the record as it is to have 'accepted'.

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